get this bill in front of the full Senate for a vote
Keep working to bring the Supporting Our Direct Care Workforce and Family Caregivers Act before the full Senate for a vote.
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Evidence
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GovInfo lists S. 4889 in the 119th Congress as introduced in Senate. The last listed action is June 24, 2026: Sen. Kaine introduced the bill and it was read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Kaine's office said the Senate passed the Older Americans Act reauthorization and that Kaine secured a Direct Care Workforce Training provision from his Supporting Our Direct Care Workforce and Family Caregivers Act to codify an ACL technical assistance center and expand it to family caregivers.
Assessments
Kaine materially advanced the policy in the same Senate term by introducing S. 4889 and securing a related Direct Care Workforce Training provision in the Senate-passed Older Americans Act reauthorization. However, the specific promised outcome was to bring the Supporting Our Direct Care Workforce and Family Caregivers Act itself before the full Senate for a vote, and the bill record still shows S. 4889 referred to the HELP Committee with no full Senate vote. This warrants partial credit, not full delivery.