Votes, bills and records by issue · 119th Congress
Health
Tim Kaine
Democratic, Virginia
On Health, the 59 measures they backed sit closer to the typical Democrat, 27% of the way toward the typical Republican.
From votes
Too few votes for a position from votes: 4 votes cast, and a position needs 20.
From bills backed
59 measures · 6 sponsored · 53 cosponsored
Sits closer to the typical Democrat, 27% of the way toward the typical Republican.
Exact figures
Positions are coordinates on the map's main axis. Only the distance from the typical Democrat and typical Republican means anything.
From bills backed
- Senator at −0.17
- Democratic caucus median −0.24, from 46 senators
- Republican caucus median 0.01, from 42 senators
Each mark is a senator. The vertical line is the typical senator in that caucus.
A position shows which senators someone votes or legislates alongside, not whether they are for or against a policy. Issues come from each bill's topic, so an issue can include amendments on other topics. Left and right on the strips have no meaning of their own. Bills often have backers from both parties, so a position from bills is read against the medians for bills, not against the position from votes. See how these summaries are written.
- Contested vote:
- a roll call where the losing side got at least 10% of the votes cast.
- Party break:
- a contested vote against the majority of their own party.
- Cosponsor:
- a senator who signs on to support a measure, a bill or resolution, that another senator introduced. Bills backed means sponsored or cosponsored.
- Typical senator:
- the middle senator of a group, with half on each side. "17% of the way" means 17% of the distance from the typical senator in one party to the typical senator in the other.
Votes on this issue
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,…
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HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program".
Voted Yea
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior…
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Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".
Voted Yea
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Market Integrity and Affordability".
Voted Yea
A bill to provide a health savings account contribution to certain enrollees, to reduce health care costs, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay
Legislation on this issue
These are records, not a score, and sponsoring a measure does not mean it moved. Simple and concurrent resolutions cannot become law, and a proposal enacted through a companion House bill or inside a larger bill is not counted as becoming law here.
3 measures this senator backed have no other backer on the map, so they are listed but not counted in the position from bills.
Sponsored
Mothers and Newborns Success Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Advancing Research for Chronic Pain Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Welcome Back to the Health Care Workforce Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
PCTEC Act
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Maternal Vaccinations Act
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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OTC Monograph Drug User Fee Transparency Act
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
PEER Support Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Expanding Medical Education Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cosponsored
Affordability is Access Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Momnibus Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Campus Lifeline Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HCBS Access Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SUSTAIN 340B Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Right to IVF Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Making America's Food Safer Act
Latest action, : Held at the desk.
Relief of Chronic Pain Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
INSULIN Act of 2026
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 552.
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that over 25 years of real-world evidence and hundreds of peer-reviewed studies proving that mifepristone is safe and effective should be respected, and law and policy governing access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in the United States should be equitable, transparent, and based on the best available peer-reviewed evidence-based science.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2309-2310)
Child Suicide Prevention Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Vision Lab Choice Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Essential Caregivers Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Protect Infant Formula from Contamination Act
Latest action, : Held at the desk.
Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
School Access to Naloxone Act of 2026
Latest action, : Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
National Plan for Epilepsy Act
Latest action, : Held at the desk.
PBM FAIR Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Medicare-X Choice Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Healthy MOM Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
TREATS Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S4701)
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability".
Latest action, : Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. Record Vote Number: 8.
Safe Step Act
Latest action, : Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. does not have the confidence of the Senate or of the American people to faithfully carry out the duties of his office and should be removed from his position.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S6330-6333)
Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act
Latest action, : Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
A resolution recognizing the importance of independent living and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities made possible by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and calling for further action to strengthen and expand health care for individuals with disabilities to work and live in the community.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S4704-4705)
Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 153.
Access to Birth Control Act
Latest action, : Star Print ordered on the bill.
Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Amendments
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 152.
Health Equity and Access under the Law for Immigrant Families Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Protect IVF Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
RAPID Reserve Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HCBS Relief Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 441.
MAPS Act
Latest action, : Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Living Donor Protection Act of 2025
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352.
CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Convenient Contraception Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HELP Copays Act
Latest action, : Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
EARLY Minds Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1430-1431)
Family Building FEHB Fairness Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Alternatives to PAIN Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Right to Contraception Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Rural Hospital Support Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.