Votes, bills and records by issue · 119th Congress
International Affairs
Mike Rounds
Republican, South Dakota
On International Affairs, their 36 votes sit level with the typical Republican; the 27 measures they backed sit closer to the typical Republican, 41% of the way toward the typical Democrat.
Where this differs from their party: Close to the typical Republican. Voted with the Republican majority on 100.0% of 36 votes here, against 98.9% on all contested votes.
From votes
36 votes cast
Sits level with the typical Republican.
From bills backed
27 measures · 2 sponsored · 25 cosponsored
Sits closer to the typical Republican, 41% of the way toward the typical Democrat.
Exact figures
Positions are coordinates on the map's main axis. Only the distance from the typical Democrat and typical Republican means anything.
From votes
- Senator at 0.34
- Democratic caucus median −0.38, from 47 senators
- Republican caucus median 0.34, from 53 senators
From bills backed
- Senator at −0.04
- Democratic caucus median −0.28, from 37 senators
- Republican caucus median 0.12, from 34 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 with party
- 100.0%
- Votes against party
- 0
- Votes cast
- 36
Votes on this issue
A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A concurrent resolution directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
An act to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation, as championed by the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea·Republican majority: Yea
To strike the provision relating to duties on countries that purchase Russian-origin crude oil or natural gas or facilitate sanctions evasion.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea·Republican majority: Yea
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea·Republican majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A concurrent resolution directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A resolution requesting information on Honduras's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Republican majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yea·Republican majority: Yea
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed export of certain defense articles to Israel.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of the United Arab Emirates of certain defense articles and services.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Qatar of certain defense articles and services.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A resolution requesting information on El Salvador's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services.
Voted Nay·Republican majority: Nay
A bill to impose sanctions with respect to the International Criminal Court engaged in any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies.
Voted Yea·Republican majority: Yea
A vote against the party majority can reflect a home-state interest or a procedural step, such as a leader voting no in order to move to reconsider.
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.
Sponsored
A bill to require the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to submit a strategy for cyber cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, and for other purposes.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should recognize the 1994 genocide in Rwanda as "the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda".
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2097-2098)
Cosponsored
A bill to transfer the functions, duties, responsibilities, assets, liabilities, orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans, contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and privileges of the United States Agency for International Development relating to implementing and administering the Food for Peace Act to the Department of Agriculture.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
A resolution celebrating the 35th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine from the former Soviet Union.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Falun Gong and Victims of Forced Organ Harvesting Protection Act
Latest action, : Held at the desk.
SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act of 2026
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 326.
Show the other 20 cosponsored measures
Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
United States-Israel Framework for Upgraded Technologies, Unified Research, and Enhanced Security (FUTURES) Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Iran Human Rights, Internet Freedom, and Accountability Act of 2026
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 504.
Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
A resolution welcoming Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom to the United States on the occasion of His Majesty's address to a joint meeting of Congress, and recognizing the historic global significance of the United States-United Kingdom relationship.
Latest action, : Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2076-2077; text: CR S2086)
REPO Implementation Act of 2025
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 243.
A resolution calling for the return of abducted Ukrainian children before finalizing any peace agreement to end the war against Ukraine.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S3011-3012)
A resolution commending the United States military action in Venezuela.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S117)
Stand with Israel Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
A resolution condemning the brutal Hamas-led terrorist attack on the State of Israel on October 7, 2023, and supporting an outcome that ensures the forever survival of Israel, the complete denial of Hamas's ability to reconstitute in the region, and the release of all the remaining hostages from the Gaza Strip, including two United States citizens.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6982)
United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
A resolution commemorating the 80th anniversary of the conclusion of World War II with the surrender of Imperial Japan and honoring veterans of both the Pacific and European theaters.
Latest action, : Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6557: 1; text: CR S6540: 1)
YALI Act of 2026
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 324.
Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
A resolution congratulating His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on his election to the papacy.
Latest action, : Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3141; text: CR S3124)
Falun Gong Protection Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
A resolution reaffirming the deep and steadfast partnership between the United States and Canada and the ties that bind the 2 countries in support of economic and national security.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S3060-3062)
A resolution calling on the United Nations Security Council to enforce the existing arms embargo on Darfur and extend it to cover all of Sudan.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1716-1717)
Dismantle Iran’s Proxy Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.