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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
Confirmation: Alexander C. Van Hook, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana Nay Jan 8, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 98 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been… Yea Jan 8, 2026 Motion to Discharge Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 86 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Jan 7, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sara Bailey, of Texas, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy Nay Jan 6, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua Simmons, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency Nay Jan 6, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Keith Bass, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense Nay Jan 5, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sara Bailey to be Director of National Drug Control Policy Nay Dec 18, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Alexander C. Van Hook to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana Nay Dec 18, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Keith Bass to be Assistant Secretary of Defense Nay Dec 18, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joshua Simmons to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency Nay Dec 18, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: En Bloc Nominations as Provided for Under the Provisions of S. Res. 532 Nay Dec 18, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 82 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Dec 18, 2025 Joint Resolution Defeated U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: En Bloc Nominations Provided for Under the Provisions of S. Res. 412 Nay Dec 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Douglas Weaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nay Dec 17, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Weaver to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nay Dec 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Nay Dec 17, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jared Isaacman to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Nay Dec 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Nay Dec 17, 2025 Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Nay Dec 15, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Nay Dec 11, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 532 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Nay Dec 11, 2025 Resolution Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3385 — Lower Health Care Costs Act Yea Dec 11, 2025 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3386 — Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025 Nay Dec 11, 2025 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 532 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. Nay Dec 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 82 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Dec 10, 2025 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

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