Votes, bills and records by issue · 119th Congress
Government Operations and Politics
Tina Smith
Democratic, Minnesota
On Government Operations and Politics, the 21 measures they backed sit closer to the typical Democrat, 2% of the way toward the typical Republican.
From votes
Too few votes for a position from votes: 13 votes cast, and a position needs 20.
From bills backed
21 measures · 2 sponsored · 19 cosponsored
Sits closer to the typical Democrat, 2% 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 −0.37
- Democratic caucus median −0.38, from 43 senators
- Republican caucus median 0.27, from 20 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 bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require voters to provide photo identification.
Voted Nay
To require voters to provide photo identification.
Voted Nay
A bill to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay
A bill to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay
A bill to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea
To protect women and girls in athletics.
Voted Nay
A bill to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay
A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025.
Voted Nay
A joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025.
Voted Nay
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative…
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Procedure Act".
Voted Yea
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative…
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Procedure Act".
Voted Yea
A bill to appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees for periods of work performed during a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay
A bill to appropriate funds for pay and allowances of excepted Federal employees for periods of work performed during a lapse in appropriations, 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.
Sponsored
Postal Delivery Accountability Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Fair Pay for Federal Contractors Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cosponsored
A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Voting Rights Month".
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4737-4738)
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 1st Avenue Southeast in Austin, Minnesota, as the "John Madden Memorial Post Office".
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
A resolution honoring the life and legacy of John Seymour, the late Senator for the State of California.
Latest action, : Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2381; text: CR S2380)
DISCLOSE Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
True Shutdown Fairness Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Military and Federal Employee Protection Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Voter Purge Protection Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Policy on Adhering to the Text of the Administrative Procedure Act".
Latest action, : Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 50. Record Vote Number: 654.
A resolution designating September 2025 as "National Voting Rights Month".
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S6651)
Sustaining Our Democracy Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Expanding the VOTE Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4821)
A resolution condemning the attacks on Minnesota lawmakers in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, Minnesota and calling for unity and the rejection of political violence in Minnesota and across the United States.
Latest action, : Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3577; text: 6/24/2025 CR S3519)
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a reduction in public notice and comment opportunities.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2740)
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Rights for the TSA Workforce Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Deliver for Democracy Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Washington, D.C. Admission Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
A resolution honoring the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter and commending President Jimmy Carter for his life-long career of public service, humanitarian leadership, diplomacy, and courageous advocacy.
Latest action, : Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S76; text: CR S81)