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
Confirmation: Daniel Driscoll, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of the Army	Nay	Feb 25, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jamieson Greer to be United States Trade Representative	Yea	Feb 24, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel Driscoll to be Secretary of the Army	Not voting	Feb 24, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 7 — An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting…	Nay	Feb 21, 2025	Concurrent Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 1207	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Lee Amdt. No. 922	Nay	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Lujan Amdt. No. 957	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Blumenthal Amdt. No. 659	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Duckworth Amdt. No. 971	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Lujan Amdt. No. 699	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Shaheen Amdt. No. 436	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Van Hollen Amdt. No. 233	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Slotkin Amdt. No. 664	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt No. 999	Nay	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Reed Amdt. No. 299	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Reed Amdt. No. 172	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Baldwin Amdt. No. 276	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Wyden Amdt. No. 1156	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Ossoff Amdt. No. 407	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Schumer Amdt. No. 776	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sullivan Amdt. No. 1029	Nay	Feb 20, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Schiff Amdt. No. 316	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Bennet Amdt. No. 540	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hickenlooper Amdt. No. 925	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Murray Amdt. No. 878	Yea	Feb 20, 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 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.