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Ted Budd

Ted Budd

R NC · Senate

2025–Present Senate
2023–2025 Senate
2021–2023 House Of Representatives (District 13)
2019–2021 House Of Representatives (District 13)
2017–2019 House Of Representatives (District 13)
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Defense

-54
Helped 733 Hurt 787 Unclear 667

Healthcare

+44
Helped 355 Hurt 311 Unclear 303

Energy

+118
Helped 450 Hurt 332 Unclear 120

Weather

-344
Helped 258 Hurt 602

Finance

-81
Helped 276 Hurt 357 Mixed 1 Unclear 158

Agriculture

+200
Helped 387 Hurt 187 Unclear 100

Education

+7
Helped 214 Hurt 207 Mixed 1 Unclear 159

Veterans Affairs

+189
Helped 342 Hurt 153 Unclear 84

Government Operations

-9
Helped 64 Hurt 73 Unclear 363

Criminal Justice

+193
Helped 297 Hurt 104 Unclear 29

Transportation

+19
Helped 162 Hurt 143 Unclear 107

Science & Space

+62
Helped 201 Hurt 139 Unclear 12

Appropriations

+93
Helped 203 Hurt 110 Unclear 17

Trade

+17
Helped 143 Hurt 126 Unclear 34

Federal Budget

+162
Helped 207 Hurt 45 Unclear 36

Technology

+53
Helped 152 Hurt 99 Unclear 36

Environment

-53
Helped 55 Hurt 108 Unclear 118

Housing

+91
Helped 179 Hurt 88 Unclear 13

Immigration

-127
Helped 36 Hurt 163 Unclear 64

Foreign Policy

-35
Helped 86 Hurt 121 Mixed 1 Unclear 40
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

13523 industry impacts

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How this is computed

P Primary sponsor · C Co-sponsor · Y Yea vote · N Nay vote

Weighted score (w:) uses strongest role per bill. Weights: Primary 1.0, Co-sponsor 0.3, Yea 0.1, Nay -0.1.

Bills where the legislator voted nay (without sponsorship) contribute -0.1 per bill. Equal yea and nay roll calls on the same bill contribute 0.

Vote date filters affect vote attribution; sponsorship is always included.

Positive-Effect Industries

Direct (1446), Veterans Affairs (117), Defense (93), DoD (33), VA (19), Executive (16), USDA (16), Congress (14), Legislative (12), Treasury (12), Agriculture (11), CMS (9), NPS (7), State (7), Justice (6), Oversight (6), DOJ (4), Education (4), Foreign Affairs (4), ICE (4), Judiciary (4), DHS (3), Transportation (3), Cemeteries (2), FDA (2), FEMA (2), Housing (2), Interior/USDA (2), International Development (2), Local (2), Military Logistics (2), NASA (2), SBA (2), SSA (2), DOD (1), Defense R&D (1), Executive Branch (1), HHS (1), Intelligence (1), Judicial (1), Legislative Branch (1), Manufacturing (1), Military Personnel (1), State Department (1)
Direct (245), Veterans (121), Military Families (16), Military (3), Foreign (2)
Direct (245), Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2)
Direct (224), Naval (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1), Missiles (1), Missiles/Hypersonics (1), Nuclear C3 (1), Rotorcraft (1), Small Business (1), Small/Innovative (1), Space Systems (1)
Direct (216), Child Care (3), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1)
Direct (199), Research (15), Community (3), Tribal (3)

Negative-Effect Industries

Direct (1913), Veterans Affairs (70), Defense (67), EPA (22), Education (11), NPS (11), HHS (10), FDA (9), Agriculture (7), BLM (7), Forest Service (7), Foreign (5), CFPB (4), Treasury/IRS (4), VA (4), DHS (3), Executive (3), Legislative (3), NOAA (3), NOAA/EPA (3), SEC (3), Treasury (3), Acquisition (2), Congress (2), Defense Acquisition (2), Executive Branch (2), Intelligence (2), Military (2), Military Dependents (2), Military Personnel (2), Regulatory (2), Coast Guard (1), DoD (1), Energy/Defense (1), Executive Agencies (1), FDIC (1), Federal Reserve (1), Housing (1), Interior Department (1), Justice (1), NNSA (1), OCC (1), Space Force (1), Strategic Command (1), U.S. Coast Guard (1), USDA (1), Waste Management (1)
Direct (150), Nuclear (2), Logistics (1), Maintenance (1)
Direct (131), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Family Planning Services (2), Public Health (2), Reproductive Health (2), Safety Net Providers (2)

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Showing positive and negative-direction effects only. Mixed and uncertain effects are not included in these counts.

Votes by Industry (Yea/Nay Alignment)

How this legislator's Yea/Nay votes landed across industries; distinct from overall bill exposure above.

Analysis coverage
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S+ Supported Benefits
S- Supported Burdens
O+ Opposed Benefits
O- Opposed Burdens
Industry S+ S- O+ O- Net
Government (58 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Veterans Affairs (180), Defense (158), DoD (34), VA (23), EPA (22) +53 more
+688
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Veterans (141), Military Families (16), Military (3), Foreign (2), Taxpayers (1)
- +231
Military (2 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Families (1), Space Force (1)
- - +92
Defense (14 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Naval (2), Nuclear (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1) +9 more
- - +67
Healthcare (8 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Research (15), Community (3), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Tribal (3), Family Planning Services (2) +3 more
- +85
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Child Care (3), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1)
- - +54
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
- - +120
Taxpayers - - +18
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2), Coffee Production (1)
- - +140
Immigration - - -107
Transportation - - -6
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): HSA (7), HSA Administration (2), Transgender Individuals (1)
- +27
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Foreign (7), Electrical Equipment (2), Defense (1), Foreign Adversary (1)
- - +3
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Medicaid (6), Medicaid Programs (4), Non-Expansion (3)
- - +19
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Distributed Generation (1)
- - +22

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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

sres492-118

Cosponsor

Honoring the life of First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

0 clauses Dec 7, 2023

s3396-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish the Office of the Special Inspector General for Unlawful Discrimination in Higher Education within the Department of Education.

4 clauses Dec 5, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Education

s3374-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To waive General Schedule qualification standards related to work experience for nurses at military medical treatment facilities, and for other purposes.

1 clause Nov 30, 2023
Health Care Providers

s3349-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company.

3 clauses Nov 28, 2023
Defense Contractors Environmental Services

s3327-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish a list of hospitals found to be in noncompliance with the hospital price transparency rule.

1 clause Nov 15, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s3330-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study on the fiduciary duties of pharmacy benefit managers.

1 clause Nov 15, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

sres458-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Denouncing efforts by the People’s Republic of China to exert malign influence in Latin America.

1 clause Nov 9, 2023
Defense Contractors

s3235-118

Cosponsor Reported

To require a strategy to counter the role of the People's Republic of China in evasion of sanctions imposed by the United States with respect to Iran, and for other purposes.

11 clauses Nov 7, 2023
Financial Services Federal Administration Defense Contractors Environmental Services

s3209-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To authorize grants for crime victims to be distributed to angel families, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Nov 2, 2023
Transportation Federal Administration Health Care Providers

sres445-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Recognizing the importance of the economic relationship between the United States and Israel and affirming that trade facilitated by the United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement is a tool to support the economy of Israel during the conflict with Hamas.

0 clauses Nov 2, 2023

sres447-118

Cosponsor

Expressing support for the designation of October 23, 2023, as Beirut Veterans Remembrance Day to remember the tragic terrorist bombing of the Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983.

0 clauses Nov 2, 2023

s3218-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require Federal agencies to notify States and localities whenever transporting migrants from locations within 100 miles of the United States border to their jurisdictions.

2 clauses Nov 2, 2023
Transportation Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s3183-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To consider, for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act, that officers, officials, representatives, spokespersons, and members of Hamas, Palestine Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS, and individuals who endorse or espouse terrorist activities conducted by such organizations are engaged in terrorist activity.

0 clauses Nov 1, 2023

s3179-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend a rule of the Commission relating to shareholder proposals, and for other purposes.

1 clause Nov 1, 2023
Environmental Services

s3187-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the Department of Homeland Security to publish various publications and reports regarding the number of aliens seeking entry along the southern border of the United States.

4 clauses Nov 1, 2023
Federal Administration Environmental Services

sres441-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Designating October 2023 as National Learning Disabilities Awareness Month.

1 clause Oct 30, 2023
Education

sres435-118

Cosponsor

Recognizing the week of October 30 through November 4, 2023, as National Veterans Small Business Week.

1 clause Oct 26, 2023
Defense Contractors

sres431-118

Cosponsor

Recognizing the month of October 2023 as National Women's Small Business Month.

1 clause Oct 25, 2023
Environmental Services

s3119-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from reclassifying broadband internet access service as a telecommunications service and from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service.

1 clause Oct 24, 2023
Information Technology

s3094-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to emissions from vehicles, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Oct 19, 2023
Environmental Services

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