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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
SJRES 138 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain… Yea Apr 15, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 32 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain… Yea Apr 15, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 123 — 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 15, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Christopher R. Wolfe, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas Nay Apr 14, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher R. Wolfe to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas Nay Apr 14, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Thomas Shepherd, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Nay Apr 14, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Thomas Shepherd to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Not voting Apr 13, 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 26, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture on Husted Amdt. No. 4732 Nay Mar 26, 2026 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 103 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Not voting Mar 25, 2026 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 Mar 25, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 107 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Mar 25, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 116 — 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 24, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Nay Mar 24, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Nay Mar 24, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to proceed to Legislative session Nay Mar 24, 2026 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Colin McDonald, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General Nay Mar 24, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Colin McDonald to be an Assistant Attorney General Nay Mar 23, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, to be Secretary of Homeland Security Nay Mar 23, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Markwayne Mullin to be Secretary of Homeland Security Nay Mar 22, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Yea Mar 21, 2026 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Tuberville Amdt. No. 4421 to the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1383 with Amendment Nay Mar 21, 2026 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Nay Mar 20, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 118 — 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 18, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Nay Mar 17, 2026 Motion to Proceed 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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