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Gary C. Peters

U.S. Senator (Class 2), MI

Democratic Michigan since Jan 3, 2021

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 2), MI current
Michigan
Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), MI
Michigan
Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MI-14
Michigan
Democratic Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MI-9
Michigan
Democratic Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MI-9
Michigan
Democratic Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.252, social dim. -0.178. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
SJRES 33 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain… Nay Apr 3, 2025 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Mehmet Oz to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Nay Apr 3, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Dean Sauer, of Missouri, to be Solicitor General of the United States Nay Apr 3, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 24 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… Nay Apr 3, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 24 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… Nay Apr 2, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 37 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada. Yea Apr 2, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Harmeet Dhillon to be an Assistant Attorney General Nay Apr 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Dean Sauer to be Solicitor General of the United States Nay Apr 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew Whitaker, of Iowa, to be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty… Nay Apr 1, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew Whitaker, to be U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Not voting Mar 31, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Paul Lawrence, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Nay Mar 27, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Paul Lawrence to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Nay Mar 27, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 18 — A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very… Nay Mar 27, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 18 — A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very… Nay Mar 26, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 25 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue… Nay Mar 26, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 25 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue… Nay Mar 26, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael Faulkender, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Nay Mar 26, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Faulkender to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Nay Mar 26, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Reitz, of Texas, to be an Assistant Attorney General Nay Mar 26, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Reitz to be an Assistant Attorney General Nay Mar 26, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget Nay Mar 26, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: James Bishop to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget Nay Mar 25, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Martin Makary, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs Nay Mar 25, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Martin Makary to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs Nay Mar 25, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jayanta Bhattacharya, of California, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health Nay Mar 25, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $2,065,852. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 182 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 147 $436,200 21%
Corporate PAC 32 $220,000 11%
Party 3 $25,000 1%
Unclassified 818 $1,384,652 67%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$50,000 PETERS LEADERSHIP FUND PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Corporate PAC Nov 1, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$20,000 PETERS LEADERSHIP FUND PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$12,000 DSCC CHAIR VICTORY FUND PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Party Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,500 DSCC CHAIR VICTORY FUND PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Party Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,500 DSCC CHAIR VICTORY FUND PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Party Mar 3, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,300 MISCIKOWSKI, CYNTHIA PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Big donor Aug 11, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$5,000 NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Corporate PAC Jul 1, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 FLUOR CORPORATION PAC PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Corporate PAC Jul 1, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 POWERPAC OF THE EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 CMS ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEES FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Corporate PAC Jul 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 SWISHER INTERNATIONAL PAC FUND PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Corporate PAC Oct 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 AMERICAN INVESTMENT COUNCIL PAC PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Corporate PAC Dec 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 CONCORDE CAREER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE INC. PAC PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP PAC (SPACEX) PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Corporate PAC Aug 19, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS PAC PETERS FOR MICHIGAN Corporate PAC Sep 9, 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.

Sponsored legislation (8 as lead sponsor)

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