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
Confirmation: James D. Maxwell II, of Mississippi, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi	Nay	Dec 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: James D. Maxwell II to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi	Nay	Dec 9, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William J. Crain, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana	Nay	Dec 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William J. Crain to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana	Nay	Dec 9, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Robert P. Chamberlin, of Mississippi, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi	Nay	Dec 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Robert P. Chamberlain to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi	Nay	Dec 8, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Susan Courtwright Rodriguez, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 4, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SRES 520 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.	Nay	Dec 4, 2025	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 131 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…	Nay	Dec 4, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Susan Courtwright Rodriguez to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 3, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 91 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Dec 3, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew E. Orso, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 3, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew E. Orso to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 3, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lindsey Ann Freeman, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 2, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lindsey Ann Freeman to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 2, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David A. Bragdon, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 2, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David A. Bragdon to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina	Nay	Dec 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 130 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…	Nay	Nov 20, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 76 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	Nov 19, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 89 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Nov 19, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Ho Nieh, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission	Nay	Nov 19, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ho Nieh to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission	Nay	Nov 18, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Nov 10, 2025	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026	Nay	Nov 10, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Collins Amdt. No. 3937	Nay	Nov 10, 2025	Amendment 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 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.