Dem Senate Bill Would Force Rehiring Of Veterans

ABC News reports:

Democrats want to force President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire veterans who were laid off as part of large-scale efforts by Trump and Elon Musk to reshape the federal government and its workforce, ABC News has exclusively learned.

Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Andy Kim of New Jersey plan to introduce the Protect Veteran Jobs Act in the Senate on Monday. The bill would compel the Trump administration to reinstate veterans impacted by recent mass layoffs, according to a copy of the proposal obtained by ABC News.

It would also require the Trump administration to provide a quarterly report to Congress on the number of veterans removed from the federal workforce — and the justification for their firing.

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President Trump promised to “put veterans first.”

He then fired 6,000 veterans from the federal workforce.@SenBlumenthal led Senate Democrats to try to pass a resolution to reinstate their jobs.

Senate Republicans BLOCKED it.

We will keep fighting for our veterans. pic.twitter.com/rIksgQFY0W

— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) March 5, 2025