Chris Van Hollen

U.S. Senator (Class 3), MD

Democratic Maryland since Jan 3, 2023

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

Government Operations & Budget 3 Banking & Finance 1 Environment & Energy 1 Foreign Policy & Trade 1 Labor & Employment 1 Transportation & Infrastructure 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 3), MD current Maryland	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2029	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Maryland United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), MD Maryland	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MD-8 Maryland	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District MD-8 United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2017	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District MD-8 United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MD-8 Maryland	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MD-8 Maryland	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District MD-8 United States	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District MD-8 United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MD-8 Maryland	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MD-8 Maryland	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2009	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District MD-8 United States	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2009	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MD-8 Maryland	Democratic	Jan 4, 2005	Jan 3, 2007	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District MD-8 United States	Democratic	Jan 4, 2005	Jan 3, 2007	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District MD-8 United States	Democratic	Jan 7, 2003	Jan 3, 2005	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MD-8 Maryland	Democratic	Jan 7, 2003	Jan 3, 2005	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Homeland Security unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Financial Services and General Government unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Digital Assets unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Housing, Transportation, and Community Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — National Security and International Trade and Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Africa and Global Health Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.399, social dim. -0.228. 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	Nay	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	Nay	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.	Nay	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

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $429,563. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 426 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	37	$114,800	27%
Corporate PAC	2	$46,232	11%
Small-dollar	387	$17,992	4%
Unclassified	574	$250,538	58%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$41,232	SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Apr 13, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$12,104	SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	unclassified	Jun 12, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	FINANCIAL SERVICES INSTITUTE PAC	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	Corporate PAC	Sep 15, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	ACTBLUE	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	unclassified	Sep 23, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	ACTBLUE	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	unclassified	Sep 23, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000	BROE, PATRICK	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	Big donor	Sep 17, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$5,000	BROE, PAULA	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	Big donor	Sep 17, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$3,300	JSTREETPAC	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	unclassified	Apr 25, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$3,300	GLAUN, BRAEME	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	Big donor	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$3,300	ACTBLUE	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	unclassified	Apr 8, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$3,300	ACTBLUE	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	unclassified	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$3,300	ACTBLUE	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	unclassified	Sep 3, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$3,300	SANDBERG, SHERYL	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	Big donor	Sep 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$3,300	ACTBLUE	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	unclassified	May 20, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$3,300	MICHAELS, LAURIE	VAN HOLLEN FOR SENATE	Big donor	Aug 27, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules

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