CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the plan of the Secretary for Department of Veterans Affairs workforce reduction in fiscal year 2026.

S.Amdt. 3466 · Senate amendment to an amendment

A Democratic amendment with no cosponsors

Changes S.Amdt. 3411, an amendment to H.R. 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026

Last activity — Amendment SA 3466 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 50. Record Vote Number: 475.

Failed

45 yes 50 no

The Senate voted this amendment down in a recorded vote, where every member's position was written down.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Failed

What this amendment would do

SA 3466, proposed by Ms. Duckworth, aims to add a requirement for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a report to Congress regarding plans to reduce the Department of Veterans Affairs workforce in fiscal year 2026.

The amendment adds the following requirements:

  • The report must be submitted within 90 days after the Act is enacted.
  • The report must include the analysis used to determine if workforce reductions are necessary to provide timely care and benefits for Veterans.
  • The report must explain how that analysis ensures reductions will assist wait times rather than adversely affect them.
  • The analysis must incorporate lessons learned from reinstatements and terminations that happened in fiscal year 2025.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this amendment.

  • The Senate: a vote on a proposed change to the bill A vote on one change, not on the bill. A bill can collect dozens of these, and losing one does not stop it. Failed 45 yes · 50 no

    See who voted how →

    08/01/2025 · Roll call 475 · recorded as “On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3466 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file)”