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NEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Coons, colleagues advocate for passage of a bill to pay military personnel and all federal employees during government shutdown
October 27, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.), Ranking Member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), along with dozens of their Senate colleagues, introduced legislation to pay military personnel, federal employees, and federal contractors whose salaries have been interrupted by the ongoing government shutdown. […]
Read MoreNEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Coons, colleagues introduce legislation to pay all federal employees, servicemembers, contractors during shutdown
October 23, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.), and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led over 20 of their colleagues in introducing legislation to pay all federal employees – both those excepted and furloughed – as well as our servicemembers and federal contractors during the current Republican-led shutdown. The senators’ legislation, the True […]
Read MoreNEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Coons, Booker, colleagues urge Trump USDA to immediately release November SNAP benefits
October 23, 2025 Washington, DC — U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and 43 of their Democratic colleagues sent a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins calling on the USDA to release the billions of dollars at its disposal to ensure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits continue in November. […]
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