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Jon Tester

Jon Tester

D MT · Senate

2023–2025 Senate
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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

s2795-118

Primary Sponsor

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and modify certain authorities and requirements relating to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

2 clauses
Homeowners Environmental Groups Federal Government Veterans

s5210-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To improve mental health services of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

13 clauses Sep 25, 2024
Mental Health Services Veterans Affairs General Public Federal Government

s4921-118

Primary Sponsor Reported

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.

126 clauses Aug 1, 2024
Mining Defense Nonprofits Defense Contracting

s4268-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

5 clauses May 7, 2024
Federal Administration Labor Health Care Providers

s3346-118

Primary Sponsor Reported

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain streams in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and Smith River system in the State of Montana as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.

9 clauses Nov 27, 2023
Agriculture Environmental Services Federal Administration Recreation and Tourism

s2587-118

Primary Sponsor Reported

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

128 clauses Jul 27, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Defense Contractors

s2679-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To strengthen accountability and oversight at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

25 clauses Jul 27, 2023
Federal Government Administration Professional Services Labor Unions Healthcare Services

s2513-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

37 clauses Jul 26, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Defense Contractors

s1987-118

Primary Sponsor Passed Senate

To provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and for other purposes.

26 clauses Jun 14, 2023
State and Local Government Agriculture General Public Tribal Government

s1436-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To expand and extend benefits available to veterans in response to the COVID–19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

10 clauses May 3, 2023
Nonprofit - Social Services Healthcare - Home Care Federal Government - VA Veterans

s1438-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To make improvements to the small community air service development program.

1 clause May 3, 2023
Consumers Federal Government Regulated Industries

s1125-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To authorize an electronic health record modernization program of the Department of Veterans Affairs and increase oversight and accountability of the program to better serve veterans, medical professionals of the Department, and taxpayers, and for other purposes.

19 clauses Mar 30, 2023
IT Consulting Services Software Publishers Federal Government Taxpayers

s1028-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.

11 clauses Mar 29, 2023
Telecommunications Environmental Groups Federal Government Veterans

s980-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to exempt industrial hemp from certain requirements under the hemp production program, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Mar 27, 2023
Native American Tribes Agriculture Cannabis Federal Government

s928-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prepare an annual report on suicide prevention, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Mar 22, 2023
Homeowners Environmental Groups Federal Government Veterans

s849-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of pay for certain law enforcement employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes.

1 clause Mar 16, 2023
Consumers Federal Government Law Enforcement Business

s815-118

Primary Sponsor Passed Senate

To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of the Army Signal Corps, known as the Hello Girls.

7 clauses Mar 15, 2023
Veterans Federal Government Retail Trade

s777-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To increase, effective as of December 1, 2023, the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Mar 14, 2023
Veterans Consumers Federal Government

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

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
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