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Bill · 119th Congress · S 2816

Stop Sycophants in Government Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-09-16Topic: governance ethics · labor · civil rights

Summary

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This bill would bar any federal official, including the President, from giving a political loyalty test to federal employees or job applicants. The ban would apply to hiring applications, appointments, promotion decisions, contract renewals, and as a condition of keeping a job. The bill defines covered employees to include regular federal workers, Senate-confirmed presidential appointees such as heads of Executive departments, and employees of the U.S. Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-09-16SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.refer
2025-09-16Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.