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Steve Daines
U.S. Senator (Class 2), MT
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
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmation: Daniel Driscoll, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of the Army | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jamieson Greer to be United States Trade Representative | Yea | Feb 24, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel Driscoll to be Secretary of the Army | Yea | Feb 24, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SCONRES 7 — An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting… | Yea | Feb 21, 2025 | Concurrent Resolution Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Merkley Amdt. No. 1207 | Nay | Feb 21, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Lee Amdt. No. 922 | Yea | Feb 21, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Lujan Amdt. No. 957 | Nay | Feb 21, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Blumenthal Amdt. No. 659 | Nay | Feb 21, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Duckworth Amdt. No. 971 | Nay | Feb 21, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Lujan Amdt. No. 699 | Nay | Feb 21, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Shaheen Amdt. No. 436 | Nay | Feb 21, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Van Hollen Amdt. No. 233 | Nay | Feb 21, 2025 | Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Slotkin Amdt. No. 664 | Nay | Feb 21, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Paul Amdt No. 999 | Yea | Feb 21, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Reed Amdt. No. 299 | Nay | Feb 21, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Reed Amdt. No. 172 | Nay | Feb 21, 2025 | Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Baldwin Amdt. No. 276 | Nay | Feb 20, 2025 | Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Wyden Amdt. No. 1156 | Nay | Feb 20, 2025 | Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Ossoff Amdt. No. 407 | Nay | Feb 20, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Schumer Amdt. No. 776 | Nay | Feb 20, 2025 | Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Sullivan Amdt. No. 1029 | Yea | Feb 20, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Schiff Amdt. No. 316 | Nay | Feb 20, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Bennet Amdt. No. 540 | Nay | Feb 20, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hickenlooper Amdt. No. 925 | Nay | Feb 20, 2025 | Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Murray Amdt. No. 878 | Nay | Feb 20, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | 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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