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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

s4-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.

20 clauses Feb 29, 2024
State & Local Government Native American Tribes General Public Civil Rights Organizations

sres568-118

Cosponsor

Designating the week of February 26 through March 1, 2024, as Public Schools Week.

0 clauses Feb 28, 2024

sres547-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Acknowledging the two-year anniversary of Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine and expressing support for the people of Ukraine.

0 clauses Feb 8, 2024

sres553-118

Cosponsor

Honoring the life of Jean A. Carnahan, former Senator for the State of Missouri.

0 clauses Feb 8, 2024

sres544-118

Primary Sponsor

Designating the week beginning February 5, 2024, as National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week.

1 clause Feb 6, 2024
Education

s3722-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require a report on access to maternal health care within the military health system, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 1, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s3728-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the administration of housing loans of the Department of Veterans Affairs to prevent or resolve default under such loans, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Feb 1, 2024
Federal Administration Defense Contractors

s3711-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide tax relief with respect to certain wildfire relief payments.

2 clauses Jan 31, 2024
Environmental Services

s3674-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to prohibit the use of cell-cultivated meat under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program.

0 clauses Jan 25, 2024

s3666-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 to establish an additional reporting requirement, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Jan 25, 2024
Federal Administration Defense Contractors Environmental Services

s3627-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require a certain efficiency level for certain distribution transformers, and for other purposes.

1 clause Jan 18, 2024
Federal Administration Energy Production

s3606-118

Cosponsor Passed Senate

To reauthorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, and for other purposes.

33 clauses Jan 17, 2024
Government Operations Tribal Government Native American Tribal Government Federal Government

sres523-118

Cosponsor

Honoring the life and legacy of the late Senator Herb Kohl.

0 clauses Jan 11, 2024

s3523-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To end unemployment payments to jobless millionaires.

1 clause Dec 14, 2023
Environmental Services

sres492-118

Cosponsor

Honoring the life of First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

0 clauses Dec 7, 2023

s3452-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to determine the eligibility or entitlement of a member or former member of the Armed Forces described in subsection (a) to a benefit under a law administered by the Secretary solely based on alternative sources of evidence when the military service records or medical treatment records of the member or former member are incomplete because of damage or loss of records after being in the possession of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

1 clause Dec 7, 2023
Federal Administration Defense Contractors

sres487-118

Cosponsor

Commemorating the centennial of the American Battle Monuments Commission.

0 clauses Dec 6, 2023

s3410-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing a proposed rule regarding minimum staffing for nursing facilities, and to establish an advisory panel on the nursing home workforce.

3 clauses Dec 5, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s3386-118

Cosponsor Introduced

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

2 clauses Dec 4, 2023
Federal Administration 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
Federal Administration Recreation and Tourism Energy Production Environmental Services

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