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Jon Tester

Jon Tester

D MT · Senate

2023–2025 Senate
2021–2023 Senate
2019–2021 Senate
2017–2019 Senate
2015–2017 Senate
2013–2015 Senate
2011–2013 Senate
2009–2011 Senate
2007–2009 Senate

Healthcare

+13
Helped 111 Hurt 98 Unclear 165

Government Operations

-25
Helped 12 Hurt 37 Unclear 266

Environment

0
Helped 102 Hurt 102 Unclear 80

Defense

+11
Helped 35 Hurt 24 Unclear 210

Veterans Affairs

-5
Helped 128 Hurt 133 Unclear 6

Finance

+7
Helped 69 Hurt 62 Unclear 47

Veterans

-131
Helped 8 Hurt 139 Unclear 26

Elections

-9
Helped 64 Hurt 73 Unclear 12

National Security

-22
Helped 49 Hurt 71 Unclear 12

Transportation

+14
Helped 32 Hurt 18 Unclear 74

Education

-7
Helped 33 Hurt 40 Unclear 51

Appropriations

-4
Helped 47 Hurt 51 Unclear 2

Agriculture

+2
Helped 41 Hurt 39 Unclear 11

Technology

+1
Helped 33 Hurt 32 Unclear 21

Civil Rights

+8
Helped 30 Hurt 22 Unclear 22

Criminal Justice

-17
Helped 24 Hurt 41 Unclear 6

Trade

+8
Helped 34 Hurt 26 Unclear 3

Foreign Policy

+1
Helped 27 Hurt 26 Unclear 10

Housing

+1
Helped 27 Hurt 26 Unclear 2

Labor

+7
Helped 19 Hurt 12 Unclear 23
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

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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.

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

Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

s774-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a pilot program to hire transitioning servicemembers to be Border Patrol agents.

3 clauses Mar 9, 2023
National Security Environmental Groups Federal Government Veterans

s749-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To ensure that the National Advisory Council on Indian Education includes at least 1 member who is the president of a Tribal College or University and to require the Secretaries of Education and Interior to consider the National Advisory Council on Indian Education's reports in the preparation of budget materials.

1 clause Mar 9, 2023
Native American Tribes Education Federal Government Environmental Groups

s728-118

Cosponsor Reported

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.

27 clauses Mar 9, 2023
Labor Education Defense Contractors Federal Administration

s732-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national biochar research network, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Mar 9, 2023
Agriculture Oil & Gas Education Federal Government

s740-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 38, United States Code, to reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relating to claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Mar 9, 2023
Veterans Environmental Groups Federal Government Law Enforcement

s701-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To protect a person’s ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide abortion services.

8 clauses Mar 8, 2023
Consumers Environmental Groups Federal Government Business

s567-118

Cosponsor Reported

To amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes.

11 clauses Feb 28, 2023
Civic Organizations Administrative and Support Services General Public All Industries

s546-118

Cosponsor Passed Senate

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Feb 28, 2023
State and Local Government Individual Citizens Higher Education Federal Government

s563-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 28, 2023
Native American Tribes Consumers Federal Government

s495-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide assisted living services to eligible veterans, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 16, 2023
Agriculture Environmental Groups Federal Government Veterans

s512-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes.

23 clauses Feb 16, 2023
Homeowners Environmental Groups Federal Government Business

s480-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the threat to food safety and animal health posed by beef imported from Brazil, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 16, 2023
Foreign Businesses Immigrant Communities Federal Government Agriculture

s443-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of LIFO inventory for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

1 clause Feb 15, 2023
Lobbying Consumers Transportation Federal Government

s414-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Feb 14, 2023
Veterans Consumers Federal Government

s326-118

Primary Sponsor Reported

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a study and clinical trials on the effects of cannabis on certain health outcomes of veterans with chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes.

8 clauses Feb 9, 2023
Medical Research Cannabis Federal Government Federal Government - Veterans Affairs

s346-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To establish the Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters within the Department of Agriculture.

2 clauses Feb 9, 2023
National Security Agriculture Environmental Groups Federal Government

s344-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans’ disability compensation and retired pay for disability retirees with fewer than 20 years of service and a combat-related disability, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 9, 2023
Homeowners Veterans Consumers Federal Government

sres39-118

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

3 clauses Feb 9, 2023
Consumers Telecommunications Environmental Groups Federal Government

sres29-118

Primary Sponsor

Designating the week beginning February 5, 2023, as National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week.

1 clause Feb 2, 2023
Native American Tribes Education

s228-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a cattle contract library, and for other purposes.

10 clauses Feb 2, 2023
Animal Slaughtering Cattle Ranching Federal Government Cattle Feedlots

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