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
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kathleen S. Lane to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Montana	Nay	Jun 1, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Evan Rikhye, of the Virgin Islands, to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands	Nay	May 20, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 185 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that…	Yea	May 19, 2026	Motion to Discharge Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Evan Rikhye to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands	Nay	May 19, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sheria Akins Clarke, of South Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina	Yea	May 19, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sheria Akins Clarke to be U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina	Yea	May 19, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: En Bloc Nominations Provided For Under the Provisions of S. Res. 690	Nay	May 18, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: En Bloc Nominations Provided for under the provisions of S. Res. 690	Nay	May 14, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 130 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	May 13, 2026	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 141 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau…	Yea	May 13, 2026	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 132 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	May 13, 2026	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kevin Warsh, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve Board	Nay	May 13, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 526 — A resolution withholding the pay of Senators if a Government shutdown occurs.	Yea	May 13, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 163 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that…	Yea	May 13, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kevin Warsh to be Chairman of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System	Nay	May 12, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kevin Warsh, of Florida, to be a Member of the Federal Reserve Board	Nay	May 12, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kevin Warsh to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	Nay	May 11, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 690 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Nay	May 11, 2026	Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 184 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that…	Yea	Apr 30, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 690 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Nay	Apr 30, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 99 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S…	Yea	Apr 29, 2026	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 139 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	Apr 29, 2026	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Robert Cekada, of Florida, to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.	Yea	Apr 29, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 124 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have…	Nay	Apr 28, 2026	Point of Order Well Taken	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 690 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Nay	Apr 28, 2026	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	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 8, 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)
$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.