Sheldon Whitehouse

U.S. Senator (Class 1), RI

Democratic Rhode Island since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Environment & Energy 2 Banking & Finance 1 Healthcare 1 Social Services & Welfare 1 Technology & Privacy 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 1), RI current Rhode Island	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2031	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Rhode Island current United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2007	Dec 31, 2030	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District Rhode Island United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), RI Rhode Island	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), RI Rhode Island	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Rhode Island United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2019	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District Rhode Island United States	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2013	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), RI Rhode Island	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2013	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Transportation and Infrastructure — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Health Care unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS Oversight unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Border Security and Immigration unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Intellectual Property unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Judiciary — the Constitution unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.341, social dim. -0.129. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Oct 28, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bill Lewis, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama	Nay	Oct 27, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Rebecca L. Taibleson, of Wisconsin, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit	Nay	Oct 27, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Rebecca L. Taibleson to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit	Nay	Oct 23, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Chad Meredith, of Kentucky, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky	Nay	Oct 23, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3012 — Shutdown Fairness Act	Nay	Oct 23, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William W. Mercer, of Montana, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Montana	Nay	Oct 22, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Chad Meredith to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky	Nay	Oct 22, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Bill Lewis to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama	Nay	Oct 22, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Oct 22, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida	Nay	Oct 21, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William W. Mercer to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Montana	Nay	Oct 21, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida	Nay	Oct 21, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Harold D. Mooty III, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama	Yea	Oct 21, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Oct 20, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026	Nay	Oct 16, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Harold D. Mooty III to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama	Yea	Oct 16, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Oct 16, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Oct 15, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Oct 14, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026	Yea	Oct 9, 2025	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 3927	Yea	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sanders Amdt. No. 3853	Nay	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Duckworth Amdt. No. 3210	Yea	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 3872	Yea	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,017 recorded contributions totalling $4,645,791. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 684 of 1017 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	561	$1,684,024	36%
Party	21	$1,368,500	29%
Corporate PAC	84	$460,308	10%
Super PAC	18	$165,129	4%
Unclassified	333	$967,830	21%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$196,000	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	Sep 22, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$148,000	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	Dec 6, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$100,000	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	Jun 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$100,000	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	Aug 3, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$96,000	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	Mar 6, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$89,000	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	Mar 22, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$80,000	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	Sep 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$73,500	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	Aug 21, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$68,000	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	Mar 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$65,000	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	Jun 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$45,000	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	Mar 6, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$45,000	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	Jun 23, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$45,000	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	Jun 8, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$42,000	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	Mar 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$39,000	WHITEHOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024	WHITEHOUSE FOR SENATE	Party	May 16, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.