Democratic senators to introduce bill to rehire veterans laid off by DOGE

Published March 10, 2025 1:45pm ET



Two Democratic senators are introducing a bill that would require President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire veterans it fired without cause as part of Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to cut thousands of jobs from the federal government.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s (D-IL) office confirmed to the Washington Examiner that she and Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) will introduce the Protect Veteran Jobs Act in the Senate on Monday. The bill would force the Trump administration to reinstate veterans affected by recent mass layoffs and require the administration to provide a quarterly report to Congress on the number of veterans fired from the federal government, including a justification for their firing.

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