Gary C. Peters — GovTally

Issue areas

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

Government Operations & Budget 2 Transportation & Infrastructure 2 Agriculture 1 Environment & Energy 1 Labor & Employment 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
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

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Homeland Security unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Energy and Water Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Airland unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Cybersecurity unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Emerging Threats and Capabilities unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and Media unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Justin R. Olson to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana	Nay	Feb 5, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee	Nay	Feb 5, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Charles Lea to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee	Nay	Feb 4, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri	Nay	Feb 4, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri	Nay	Feb 4, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska	Nay	Feb 4, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Christian Peterson to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska	Nay	Feb 3, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas	Nay	Feb 3, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Jon Ganjei to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas	Nay	Feb 3, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas	Nay	Feb 3, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas	Nay	Feb 2, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 30, 2026	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 4287	Yea	Jan 30, 2026	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sanders Amdt. No. 4290	Yea	Jan 30, 2026	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4286	Yea	Jan 30, 2026	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4234	Yea	Jan 30, 2026	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4236	Yea	Jan 30, 2026	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 4272	Nay	Jan 30, 2026	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Nay	Jan 29, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3627 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act	Nay	Jan 27, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	Not voting	Jan 15, 2026	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	Not voting	Jan 15, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 98 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been…	Nay	Jan 14, 2026	Point of Order Well Taken	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 84 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	Jan 13, 2026	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026	Yea	Jan 12, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to	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 type	Contributions	Total	Share
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

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$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.