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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

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

s3953-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To make demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies or consortia of eligible local educational agencies for the purpose of increasing the numbers of school nurses in public elementary schools and secondary schools.

2 clauses Mar 14, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s3902-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the National Housing Act to authorize State-licensed appraisers to conduct appraisals in connection with mortgages insured by the FHA and to ensure compliance with the existing appraiser education and competency requirements, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Mar 11, 2024
Federal Administration Education

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

s2149-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To sustain economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to designate new areas for recreation, and for other purposes.

8 clauses Jun 22, 2023
Health Care Providers Education Environmental Services Federal Administration

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

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

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