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Steve Daines
U.S. Senator (Class 2), MT
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Issue areas
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senator (Class 2), MT current
Montana |
Republican | Jan 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2027 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 2), MT
Montana |
Republican | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2021 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Montana
United States |
Republican | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2021 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, MT-At-Large
Montana |
Republican | Jan 3, 2013 | Jan 3, 2015 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — National Parks — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Public Lands, Forests, and Mining unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Water and Power unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance — Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance — Health Care unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance — International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Africa and Global Health Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Europe and Regional Security Cooperation — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.588, social dim. -0.018. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (840 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRES 412 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. | Yea | Oct 1, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Hung Cao, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy | Yea | Oct 1, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Hung Cao to be Under Secretary of the Navy | Yea | Oct 1, 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 | Yea | Oct 1, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 | Nay | Oct 1, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | 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 | Yea | Sep 30, 2025 | Bill Defeated | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 | Nay | Sep 30, 2025 | Bill Defeated | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 2806 — Eliminate Shutdowns Act | Yea | Sep 29, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States of America to the General Assembly of the United… | Yea | Sep 29, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael G. Waltz to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of… | Yea | Sep 29, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations | Yea | Sep 19, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael G. Waltz to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations | Yea | Sep 19, 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 | Yea | Sep 19, 2025 | Bill Defeated | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 | Nay | Sep 19, 2025 | Bill Defeated | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157… | Yea | Sep 18, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154… | Yea | Sep 17, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Shall the Decision of the Chair stand as the Judgment of the Senate? | Nay | Sep 17, 2025 | Decision of Chair Not Sustained | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Reconsider the Vote by which the Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar Nos. en bloc (Roll Call Vote No. 522) was not… | Yea | Sep 17, 2025 | Motion to Reconsider Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154… | Yea | Sep 17, 2025 | Cloture Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SCONRES 22 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the… | Yea | Sep 16, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 60 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… | Nay | Sep 16, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Stephen Miran, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | Not voting | Sep 15, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Miran to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | Not voting | Sep 15, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. | Not voting | Sep 15, 2025 | Resolution Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. | Yea | Sep 11, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,000 recorded contributions totalling $2,293,233. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 159 of 1000 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big donor | 125 | $428,100 | 19% |
| Corporate PAC | 33 | $425,541 | 19% |
| Party | 1 | $6,483 | 0% |
| Unclassified | 841 | $1,433,109 | 62% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $59,000 | DAINES SENATE MAJORITY FUND | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | Corporate PAC | Mar 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $47,254 | DAINES SENATE MAJORITY FUND | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | Corporate PAC | Jun 30, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $33,872 | DAINES SENATE MAJORITY FUND | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | Corporate PAC | Dec 27, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $28,993 | RECLAIM THE MAJORITY | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | Corporate PAC | Nov 8, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $23,000 | DAINES SENATE MAJORITY FUND | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | Corporate PAC | Mar 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $19,797 | DAINES SENATE MAJORITY FUND | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | Corporate PAC | Jun 30, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $19,657 | DAINES SENATE MAJORITY FUND | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | Corporate PAC | Dec 27, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $13,424 | WINRED | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | Corporate PAC | Jun 7, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $11,682 | PALADIN | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | Corporate PAC | Dec 4, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $11,545 | WINRED | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | Corporate PAC | May 16, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $10,740 | WINRED | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | Corporate PAC | Mar 29, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $10,398 | PALADIN | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | unclassified | Oct 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $10,000 | TRUE NORTH PAC | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | Corporate PAC | Jul 19, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $9,427 | RECLAIM THE MAJORITY | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | Corporate PAC | Nov 8, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $8,009 | CAMPAIGN SOLUTIONS | STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA | Corporate PAC | Oct 28, 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 (4 as lead sponsor)
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S 4838
US · Jun 18, 2026
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain employees engaged in outdoor recreational outfitting or guiding services from minimum…
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S 1547
US · Jun 17, 2026
America the Beautiful Act
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S 4752
US · Jun 11, 2026
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized disclosure of taxpayer information, and for other…
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SRES 746
US · May 20, 2026
A resolution designating May 2026 as "National Brain Tumor Awareness Month".
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