Chris Van Hollen
U.S. Senator (Class 3), MD
Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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Issue areas
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmation: Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Nay | Mar 17, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anna St. John to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Nay | Mar 17, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Nay | Mar 12, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act | Yea | Mar 12, 2026 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act | Yea | Mar 11, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Scott (SC) Amdt. No. 4308, as amended | Yea | Mar 11, 2026 | Amendment Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Amdt. No. 4308 | Yea | Mar 10, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd to be General in the United States Army | Nay | Mar 10, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd to be General in the United States Army | Nay | Mar 9, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Nay | Mar 5, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 104 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… | Yea | Mar 4, 2026 | Motion to Discharge Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act | Nay | Mar 4, 2026 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act | Nay | Mar 2, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy | Nay | Feb 26, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ryan McCormack to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy | Nay | Feb 26, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board | Nay | Feb 25, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: John DeLeeuw to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board | Nay | Feb 25, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Nay | Feb 24, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Nay | Feb 12, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision… | Nay | Feb 12, 2026 | Joint Resolution Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision… | Nay | Feb 11, 2026 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 95 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… | Yea | Feb 10, 2026 | Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Daniel E. Burrows, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Attorney General | Nay | Feb 10, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel E. Burrows to be an Assistant Attorney General | Nay | Feb 9, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Justin R. Olson, of Indiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana | Nay | Feb 5, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | 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.
Sponsored legislation (4 as lead sponsor)
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S 4837
US · Jun 18, 2026
A bill to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to provide for the automatic appointment of judges to the District of Columbia courts without the advice…
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S 4757
US · Jun 11, 2026
A bill to establish a Federal standard in order to improve the Nation's resilience to current and future flood risk.
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S 4642
US · May 21, 2026
Foreign Service Workforce Retention Act
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SJRES 130
US · May 13, 2026
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer…
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