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Brian Schatz

U.S. Senator (Class 3), HI

Democratic Hawaii since Jan 3, 2023

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Issue areas

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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
Confirmation: David Perdue, of Georgia, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China Nay Apr 29, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Perdue to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.S. to the People's Republic of China Nay Apr 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Nay Apr 11, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Nay Apr 11, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be Major General in the Regular Air Force Nay Apr 11, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be Major General in the Regular Air Force Nay Apr 11, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Mark Meador, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner Nay Apr 10, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Mark Meador to be a Federal Trade Commissioner Nay Apr 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 20 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… Nay Apr 10, 2025 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 20 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… Nay Apr 9, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Paul Atkins, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission Nay Apr 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kevin Cabrera, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extrodinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic… Nay Apr 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Ronald Johnson, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United… Nay Apr 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Peter Hoekstra, of Michigan, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada Nay Apr 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Mike Huckabee, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Israel Nay Apr 9, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Paul Atkins to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission Nay Apr 9, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kevin Cabrera to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Panama Nay Apr 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ronald Johnson to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United… Nay Apr 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Peter Hoekstra to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada Nay Apr 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Mike Huckabee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Israel Nay Apr 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: George Glass, of Oregon, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan Nay Apr 8, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: George Glass to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan Nay Apr 8, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Elbridge Colby, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Nay Apr 8, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Elbridge Colby to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Nay Apr 7, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HCONRES 14 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary… Nay Apr 5, 2025 Concurrent Resolution 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

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