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Tim Kaine
U.S. Senator (Class 1), VA
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Issue areas
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senator (Class 1), VA current
Virginia |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 3, 2031 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 1), VA
Virginia |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2019 | Jan 3, 2025 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Virginia
United States |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2019 | Jan 3, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 1), VA
Virginia |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2013 | Jan 3, 2019 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Virginia
United States |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2013 | Jan 3, 2019 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Seapower — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Emerging Threats and Capabilities unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Readiness and Management Support unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 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 Foreign Relations — State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Education and the American Family unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Employment and Workplace Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.234, social dim. -0.128. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (840 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jayanta Bhattacharya to be Director of the National Institutes of Health | Nay | Mar 25, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Michael Kratsios, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | Nay | Mar 25, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Kratsios to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | Nay | Mar 25, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State | Yea | Mar 24, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy | Yea | Mar 24, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher Landau to be Deputy Secretary of State | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Phelan to be Secretary of the Navy | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 | Nay | Mar 14, 2025 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Paul Amdt. No. 1266 | Nay | Mar 14, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Van Hollen Amdt. No. 1272 | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Duckworth Amdt. No. 1274 | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Merkley Amdt. No. 1273 | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 | Nay | Mar 14, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Feinberg to be Deputy Secretary of Defense | Yea | Mar 14, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act | Yea | Mar 13, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Jeffrey Kessler, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security | Nay | Mar 13, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jeffrey Kessler to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security | Nay | Mar 13, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: William Pulte, of Florida, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency | Nay | Mar 13, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Pulte to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency | Nay | Mar 13, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor | Nay | Mar 12, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Keith Sonderling to be Deputy Secretary of Labor | Nay | Mar 12, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Stephen Miran, of New York, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers | Nay | Mar 12, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Miran to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers | Nay | Mar 12, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,075 recorded contributions totalling $8,979,826. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 859 of 1075 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 25 | $3,657,366 | 41% |
| Big donor | 526 | $1,929,758 | 21% |
| Corporate PAC | 231 | $1,535,544 | 17% |
| Super PAC | 77 | $300,909 | 3% |
| Unclassified | 216 | $1,556,250 | 17% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $548,700 | KAINE VICTORY FUND | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | unclassified | Mar 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $430,000 | KAINE VICTORY FUND | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | Party | Mar 31, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $328,750 | KAINE VICTORY FUND | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | Party | May 31, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $290,000 | KAINE VICTORY FUND | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | Party | Aug 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $265,950 | KAINE VICTORY FUND | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | Party | Sep 30, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $264,000 | KAINE VICTORY FUND | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | Party | Jun 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $252,700 | KAINE VICTORY FUND | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | Party | Jun 30, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $227,000 | KAINE VICTORY FUND | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | Party | Apr 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $216,600 | KAINE VICTORY FUND | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | Party | Dec 31, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $216,000 | KAINE VICTORY FUND | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | Party | May 29, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $194,000 | KAINE VICTORY FUND | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | Party | Sep 29, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $153,300 | KAINE FOR COMMON GROUND PAC | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | Super PAC | Mar 31, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $150,000 | KAINE VICTORY FUND | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | Party | Oct 14, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $137,968 | BUCHANAN, KATHERINE | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | Big donor | Jun 4, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $133,800 | KAINE VICTORY FUND | KAINE FOR VIRGINIA | Party | Jul 31, 2023 | 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 (11 as lead sponsor)
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S 4809
US · Jun 17, 2026
A bill to require the Secretary of State to develop a strategy for supporting free and fair elections in Venezuela, to impose sanctions on individuals who are…
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S 2578
US · Jun 17, 2026
Strengthening the Rule of Law in the Brazilian Amazon Act
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S 4790
US · Jun 16, 2026
A bill to establish, at the Department of State, the Esther Coopersmith Award in recognition of a distinguished diplomat advancing sustainable peace and…
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SJRES 190
US · Jun 16, 2026
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Executive Office for…
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SRES 766
US · Jun 11, 2026
A resolution acknowledging and apologizing for the mistreatment of, and discrimination against, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals who served…
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S 4733
US · Jun 10, 2026
Beginning Educator Mentorship and Retention Act
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S 4719
US · Jun 9, 2026
A bill to require additional disclosures with respect to nominees to serve as chiefs of mission, and for other purposes.
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SJRES 193
US · May 20, 2026
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by…
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SJRES 182
US · May 20, 2026
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education…
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S 603
US · May 20, 2026
A bill to designate the General George C. Marshall House in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other…
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