Brian Schatz — 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 Healthcare 1 Other 1 Technology & Privacy 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
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

Senate Committee on Appropriations — State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations 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 Defense unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 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 Appropriations — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 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 — Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety 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 Foreign Relations 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 Foreign Relations — Europe and Regional Security Cooperation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs — Vice Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Select Committee on Ethics unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
SJRES 33 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain…	Yea	Apr 3, 2025	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Mehmet Oz to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Nay	Apr 3, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Dean Sauer, of Missouri, to be Solicitor General of the United States	Nay	Apr 3, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 24 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy…	Nay	Apr 3, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 24 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy…	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 37 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Harmeet Dhillon to be an Assistant Attorney General	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Dean Sauer to be Solicitor General of the United States	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew Whitaker, of Iowa, to be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty…	Nay	Apr 1, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew Whitaker, to be U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization	Nay	Mar 31, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Paul Lawrence, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Nay	Mar 27, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Paul Lawrence to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Nay	Mar 27, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 18 — A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very…	Nay	Mar 27, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 18 — A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very…	Not voting	Mar 26, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 25 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue…	Not voting	Mar 26, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 25 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue…	Yea	Mar 26, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael Faulkender, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury	Nay	Mar 26, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Faulkender to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury	Nay	Mar 26, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Reitz, of Texas, to be an Assistant Attorney General	Nay	Mar 26, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Reitz to be an Assistant Attorney General	Nay	Mar 26, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Nay	Mar 26, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: James Bishop to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Nay	Mar 25, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Martin Makary, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs	Nay	Mar 25, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Martin Makary to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs	Nay	Mar 25, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jayanta Bhattacharya, of California, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health	Nay	Mar 25, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	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 type	Contributions	Total	Share
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

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$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.