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Tim Kaine

Tim Kaine

D VA · Senate

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Defense

-44
Helped 917 Hurt 961 Unclear 668

Healthcare

+161
Helped 588 Hurt 427 Unclear 675

Finance

+36
Helped 460 Hurt 424 Mixed 5 Unclear 191

Education

-40
Helped 312 Hurt 352 Unclear 325

Government Operations

-78
Helped 79 Hurt 157 Unclear 731

Energy

-110
Helped 253 Hurt 363 Unclear 121

Agriculture

+127
Helped 336 Hurt 209 Unclear 111

Transportation

-234
Helped 109 Hurt 343 Unclear 184

Foreign Policy

-63
Helped 231 Hurt 294 Mixed 1 Unclear 78

Veterans Affairs

+183
Helped 348 Hurt 165 Unclear 86

Environment

-4
Helped 182 Hurt 186 Unclear 194

Sanctions

-57
Helped 218 Hurt 275 Unclear 18

Labor

+43
Helped 178 Hurt 135 Unclear 177

Technology

+36
Helped 224 Hurt 188 Unclear 53

Foreign Affairs

-32
Helped 174 Hurt 206 Unclear 69

Trade

+15
Helped 180 Hurt 165 Unclear 37

Housing

+98
Helped 222 Hurt 124 Unclear 15

Criminal Justice

+3
Helped 170 Hurt 167 Unclear 23

Appropriations

+93
Helped 204 Hurt 111 Unclear 17

Federal Budget

+162
Helped 207 Hurt 45 Unclear 36
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

16341 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 (1722), Veterans Affairs (114), Defense (94), DoD (33), VA (19), USDA (18), Executive (16), Congress (14), Legislative (14), State (14), Treasury (12), Agriculture (11), CMS (9), Justice (8), Transportation (8), Education (7), NPS (7), Transportation Security (7), Oversight (6), DOJ (4), Foreign Affairs (4), ICE (4), Judiciary (4), State/Local (4), DHS (3), Legislative Branch (3), Cemeteries (2), FDA (2), FEMA (2), FTC (2), Federal (2), Homeland Security (2), Housing (2), Interior/USDA (2), International Development (2), Law Enforcement (2), Local (2), Military Logistics (2), NASA (2), SBA (2), SSA (2), State Department (2), DOI (1), Defense R&D (1), Election Workers (1), Employees (1), HHS (1), Intelligence (1), Judicial (1), Local Election Administration (1), Manufacturing (1)
Direct (480), Veterans (121), Military Families (16), Minority Voters (5), Voters (4), Military (3), District Of Columbia (2), Foreign (2), Native American Voters (2), Capital District (1), Language Minority Voters (1), Students (1)
Direct (312), 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 (258), Patients (15), Research (15), Community (3), Tribal (3)
Direct (281), Child Care (3), HBCUs (1), HSIs (1), Immigrant Students (1), MSIs (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1), Tribal (1), Tribal/Native (1)
Direct (179), Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2)
Direct (153), Medicaid (6), Medicaid Programs (2), Education (1), Elections (1)
Direct (156), Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)

Negative-Effect Industries

Direct (1976), Defense (76), Veterans Affairs (66), EPA (22), State (17), Federal (12), HHS (12), State/Local (12), Education (11), NPS (11), FDA (10), Transportation (8), VA (8), Agriculture (7), BLM (7), Forest Service (7), Homeland Security (6), DOI (5), Foreign (5), CFPB (4), Foreign Affairs (4), Intelligence (4), Treasury (4), Treasury/IRS (4), DHS (3), Executive (3), General (3), Legislative (3), NOAA (3), NOAA/EPA (3), SEC (3), ATF (2), Acquisition (2), Congress (2), Defense Acquisition (2), Executive Branch (2), Local Election Administration (2), Military (2), State Election Administration (2), State Legislatures (2), State/Local Election Administration (2), USDA (2), Coast Guard (1), DoD (1), Energy/Defense (1), Executive Office (1), Housing (1), Interior Department (1), Justice (1), Law Enforcement (1), Local (1), NNSA (1), OPM (1), Oversight (1), Space Force (1), Strategic Command (1), Transportation Security (1), U.S. Coast Guard (1), Waste Management (1)
Direct (231), Nuclear (2), Logistics (1), Maintenance (1)
Direct (165), Veterans (20), Bad Actors (1), Taxpayers (1)
Direct (157), Elections (4), Non-Expansion (3), Education (2), Medicaid Programs (2), Motor Vehicles (2)
Direct (129), 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
+141
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Veterans (141), Military Families (16), Military (3), Foreign (2), Taxpayers (1)
+230
Defense (14 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Naval (2), Nuclear (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1) +9 more
-14
Military (2 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Families (1), Space Force (1)
-1
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
+97
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Child Care (3), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1)
+2
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
+84
Taxpayers - - -18
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2), Coffee Production (1)
+12
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Foreign (7), Electrical Equipment (2), Defense (1), Foreign Adversary (1)
+12
Transportation +10
Immigration - - +107
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): HSA (7), HSA Administration (2), Transgender Individuals (1)
-13
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Medicaid (6), Medicaid Programs (4), Non-Expansion (3)
- +9
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Distributed Generation (1)
-20

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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

sres655-118

Cosponsor

Honoring the life of Joseph Isadore Lieberman, former Senator for the State of Connecticut.

0 clauses Apr 18, 2024

s4120-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To support the direct care professional workforce, and for other purposes.

61 clauses Apr 15, 2024
Federal Administration Labor Education Environmental Services

s4123-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities.

2 clauses Apr 15, 2024
Environmental Services

s4109-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 10, United States Code, to clarify roles and responsibilities within the Department of Defense relating to subconcussive and concussive brain injuries and to improve brain health initiatives of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

13 clauses Apr 11, 2024
Hospitals Child Day Care Services Federal Government Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing

s4096-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the random assignment of certain cases in the district courts of the United States.

1 clause Apr 10, 2024
Agricultural Producers

s4097-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To modernize the defense capabilities of the Philippines, and for other purposes.

1 clause Apr 10, 2024
Federal Administration Defense Contractors

sres629-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Condemning the arbitrary arrest of United States citizens by the Government of the Russian Federation and calling for the immediate and unconditional release of such citizens.

0 clauses Apr 8, 2024

sres616-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Condemning the treatment of Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu by the Government of Azerbaijan and urging his immediate release, and for other purposes.

0 clauses Mar 22, 2024

s4067-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide for an annual report on the prosecution activities of the Coordinator for Caribbean Firearms Prosecutions of the Department of Justice.

3 clauses Mar 22, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Environmental Services

sres606-118

Cosponsor In Committee

To recognize the 203rd anniversary of the independence of Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States.

1 clause Mar 21, 2024
Energy Production

s4032-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To authorize magistrate judges to issue arrest warrants for certain criminal aliens.

2 clauses Mar 21, 2024
Defense Contractors

s4025-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To include the identification of countries that are significant sources of xylazine in the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report.

1 clause Mar 21, 2024
Transportation

s3994-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To authorize and encourage the United States Agency for International Development to pursue a model of locally led development and humanitarian response and expanded engagement with local partners and to increase its local partner base.

7 clauses Mar 20, 2024
Transportation Federal Administration Labor Defense Contractors

s4004-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes.

1 clause Mar 20, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

sres589-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Honoring Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy, murdered as a victim of a hate crime for his Palestinian-Muslim identity, in the State of Illinois.

1 clause Mar 14, 2024
Law Enforcement

s3938-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lynchburg, Virginia, as the Private First Class Desmond T. Doss VA Clinic.

0 clauses Mar 14, 2024

sres590-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Designating March 15, 2024, as Long COVID Awareness Day.

0 clauses Mar 14, 2024

s3901-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide employees with a minimum of 2 consecutive hours of paid leave in order to vote in Federal elections.

1 clause Mar 11, 2024
Federal Administration Environmental Services

s3883-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To appropriate funds for the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education.

1 clause Mar 6, 2024
Education

sres571-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Honoring the leadership and celebrating the retirement of Edwin Walker, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging for the Administration for Community Living.

1 clause Mar 5, 2024

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