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Brian Schatz

U.S. Senator (Class 3), HI

Democratic Hawaii 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

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 3), HI current
Hawaii
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2029 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Hawaii
United States
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), HI
Hawaii
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), HI
Hawaii
Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Hawaii
United States
Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), HI
Hawaii
Democratic Dec 27, 2012 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Hawaii
United States
Democratic Dec 27, 2012 Jan 3, 2015 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.444, social dim. -0.135. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Yea Sep 11, 2025 Decision of Chair Not Sustained U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Nay Sep 11, 2025 Motion to Reconsider Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Nay Sep 11, 2025 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 3849 Nay Sep 10, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Nay Sep 9, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Nay Sep 9, 2025 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kyle Christopher Dudek, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Nay Sep 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kyle Christopher Dudek to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Nay Sep 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Robert Law, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland… Nay Sep 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Robert Law to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland Security Nay Sep 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Maria A. Lanahan, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Nay Sep 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Edward L. Artau of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida Nay Sep 8, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Nay Sep 4, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edward L. Artau to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida Nay Sep 4, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Maria A. Lanahan to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Nay Sep 4, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Nay Sep 2, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Marcus Molinaro, of New York, to be Federal Transit Administrator Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Adam Telle, of Mississippi, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army Nay Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sean Cairncross, of Minnesota, to be National Cyber Director Nay Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Arrigo, of Florida, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Portuguese Republic Nay Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Catherine Hanson, of South Carolina, to be Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection Agency Nay Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Luke Lindberg, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Yea Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luke Lindberg to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Yea Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jeanine Pirro, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Nay Aug 2, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jeanine Pirro to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Nay Aug 2, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $749,058. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 384 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 24 $191,060 26%
Big donor 52 $155,800 21%
Small-dollar 308 $11,593 2%
Unclassified 616 $390,605 52%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$23,739 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Jan 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$16,098 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$15,089 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Aug 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$13,266 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,970 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Feb 29, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$9,522 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$8,943 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$7,650 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Nov 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,482 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,334 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,990 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,887 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Aug 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,857 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Aug 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,170 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Feb 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,062 INFINEX FINANCIAL GROUP SCHATZ FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 30, 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 (6 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

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