SRES 165 119th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the plan of President Trump and Elon Musk to fire 83,000 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs is unacceptable and must be rescinded.

Introduced: April 9, 2025 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov

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Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text: CR S2528)

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This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that the Department of Veterans Affairs must immediately reject and rescind its Agency Reduction in Force and Reorganization Plan.

What's happening now April 9, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text: CR S2528)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 165: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the plan of President Trump and Elon Musk to fire 83,000 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs is unacceptable and must be rescinded.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-SRES-165/

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"S. Res. 165: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the plan of President Trump and Elon Musk to fire 83,000 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs is unacceptable and must be rescinded.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-SRES-165/.

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S. Res. 165, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-SRES-165/.

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[S. Res. 165: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the plan of President Trump and Elon Musk to fire 83,000 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs is unacceptable and must be rescinded.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-SRES-165/)