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Ron Wyden

Ron Wyden

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Defense

-52
Helped 815 Hurt 867 Unclear 680

Healthcare

+244
Helped 600 Hurt 356 Unclear 1004

Government Operations

-43
Helped 90 Hurt 133 Unclear 1051

Finance

-43
Helped 444 Hurt 487 Mixed 1 Unclear 269

Education

+19
Helped 363 Hurt 344 Unclear 391

Energy

-79
Helped 279 Hurt 358 Unclear 173

Agriculture

+106
Helped 367 Hurt 261 Unclear 173

Environment

+30
Helped 225 Hurt 195 Unclear 358

Transportation

-58
Helped 150 Hurt 208 Unclear 242

Veterans Affairs

+197
Helped 355 Hurt 158 Unclear 82

Labor

+77
Helped 197 Hurt 120 Unclear 226

Housing

+160
Helped 297 Hurt 137 Unclear 22

Technology

-4
Helped 159 Hurt 163 Unclear 99

Trade

-8
Helped 180 Hurt 188 Unclear 46

Criminal Justice

+4
Helped 170 Hurt 166 Unclear 48

Immigration

-129
Helped 44 Hurt 173 Unclear 134

Appropriations

+93
Helped 204 Hurt 111 Unclear 17

Foreign Policy

+19
Helped 131 Hurt 112 Mixed 1 Unclear 57

Federal Budget

+162
Helped 207 Hurt 45 Unclear 36

Social Welfare

+107
Helped 159 Hurt 52 Unclear 32
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

16027 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 (1506), Veterans Affairs (114), Defense (94), Child Welfare (40), DoD (33), State (21), VA (19), USDA (18), Executive (17), Legislative (16), Congress (12), Treasury (12), Agriculture (11), Federal (10), CMS (9), Justice (8), Transportation (8), NPS (7), Transportation Security (7), Education (6), Judiciary (6), Oversight (6), DOJ (4), Foreign Affairs (4), ICE (4), Local (4), DHS (3), Immigration (3), Legislative Branch (3), State/Local (3), Cemeteries (2), FDA (2), FEMA (2), FTC (2), HHS (2), Homeland Security (2), Housing (2), Intelligence (2), Interior/USDA (2), International Development (2), Law Enforcement (2), Military Logistics (2), NASA (2), NOAA (2), SBA (2), SSA (2), Defense R&D (1), EPA (1), Election Workers (1), Employees (1), Energy Efficiency Programs (1), Interior (1), Judicial (1), Local Election Administration (1), Manufacturing (1), State Department (1)
Direct (549), 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 (284), Patients (15), Research (15), Mental Health (8), Community (3), Tribal (3), Hospitals (1), Primary Care (1), Quality/Standards (1), Telehealth (1)
Direct (297), Child Care (3), Higher Education (1), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1), Vocational (1)
Direct (229), 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 (195), Livestock (3), Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2)
Direct (187), Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
Direct (154), Medicaid (6), Medicaid Programs (2), Education (1), Elections (1)

Negative-Effect Industries

Direct (1809), Defense (72), Veterans Affairs (66), Judiciary (37), State (24), EPA (23), HHS (17), Child Welfare (15), Education (15), Federal (14), NPS (11), State/Local (11), Executive (9), FDA (9), Foreign (9), Immigration (9), Transportation (8), VA (8), Agriculture (7), BLM (7), Forest Service (7), CFPB (6), Homeland Security (6), USDA (5), Border Security (4), Legislative (4), NOAA (4), Treasury/IRS (4), DHS (3), General (3), Independent Agencies (3), Legislative Branch (3), NOAA/EPA (3), SEC (3), ATF (2), Acquisition (2), Congress (2), DOJ (2), Defense Acquisition (2), Executive Branch (2), Intelligence (2), Local (2), Local Election Administration (2), Military (2), SSA (2), State Department (2), State Election Administration (2), State Legislatures (2), State/Local Election Administration (2), Coast Guard (1), DoD (1), Energy/Defense (1), Executive Office (1), Housing (1), Interior (1), Interior Department (1), Justice (1), NNSA (1), OPM (1), Oversight (1), Space Force (1), Strategic Command (1), Transportation Security (1), Treasury (1), U.S. Coast Guard (1), Waste Management (1)
Direct (174), Veterans (20), Bad Actors (1), Taxpayers (1)
Direct (161), Elections (4), Non-Expansion (3), Medicaid Programs (2), Motor Vehicles (2)
Direct (147), Nuclear (2), Logistics (1), Maintenance (1)
Direct (136), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Family Planning Services (2), Mental Health (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
100.0% of votes
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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
-455
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Veterans (141), Military Families (16), Military (3), Foreign (2), Taxpayers (1)
+30
Defense (14 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Naval (2), Nuclear (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1) +9 more
-78
Military (2 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Families (1), Space Force (1)
-25
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
+63
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Child Care (3), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1)
-24
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
+11
Taxpayers - - -18
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2), Coffee Production (1)
-106
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Foreign (7), Electrical Equipment (2), Defense (1), Foreign Adversary (1)
-1
Transportation +11
Immigration - +109
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): HSA (7), HSA Administration (2), Transgender Individuals (1)
-37
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Medicaid (6), Medicaid Programs (4), Non-Expansion (3)
-1
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Distributed Generation (1)
-28

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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

s2860-118

Cosponsor Reported

To create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to State-sanctioned marijuana businesses and service providers for such businesses, and for other purposes.

38 clauses Sep 20, 2023
Defense Contractors Health Care Providers Environmental Services Federal Administration

s2866-118

Cosponsor Reported

To improve the customer experience of the Federal Government, ensure that Federal services are simple, seamless, and secure, and for other purposes.

13 clauses Sep 20, 2023
Health Care Providers General Public Federal Government Defense Contractors

s2801-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to certain members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their spouses or partners, and for other purposes.

10 clauses Sep 14, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Defense Contractors

s2749-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide mandatory funding for hazardous fuels reduction projects on certain Federal land, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Sep 7, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Defense Contractors

s2690-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purposes of making adverse employment decisions.

1 clause Jul 27, 2023
Defense Contractors

s2576-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend section 2702 of title 18, United States Code, to prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from obtaining subscriber or customer records in exchange for anything of value, to address communications and records in the possession of intermediary internet service providers, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Jul 27, 2023
Information Technology Defense Contractors

s2526-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish the Office of Press Freedom, to create press freedom curriculum at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center, and for other purposes.

5 clauses Jul 26, 2023
Federal Administration Environmental Services Transportation Defense Contractors

s2344-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.

213 clauses Jul 18, 2023
Civil Rights Advocacy Environmental Services Federal Administration Transportation

s2279-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit panic defenses based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.

2 clauses Jul 12, 2023
Defense Contractors

s2224-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny interest and depreciation deductions for taxpayers owning 50 or more single family properties.

2 clauses Jul 11, 2023
Federal Administration Immigration Services Defense Contractors

s2074-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To maintain the free flow of information to the public by establishing appropriate limits on the federally compelled disclosure of information obtained as part of engaging in journalism, and for other purposes.

5 clauses Jun 21, 2023
Technology and Communications Services Government Media and Journalism Entities subject to sections 3 or 4

s2054-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To ensure that the Department of Defense achieves a clean audit opinion on its financial statements.

1 clause Jun 20, 2023
Federal Administration Defense Contractors

s2032-118

Cosponsor Reported

To require the reduction of the reliance and expenditures of the Federal Government on legacy information technology systems, and for other purposes.

14 clauses Jun 15, 2023
Labor Information Technology Federal Government Defense Contractors

s1935-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to provide grants to improve the preparation and representation of certain students in aviation-related fields.

1 clause Jun 13, 2023
Federal Administration Defense Contractors

s1954-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To improve the provision of health care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans diagnosed with diabetes and heart disease, and for other purposes.

5 clauses Jun 13, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s1829-118

Cosponsor Reported

To impose sanctions with respect to persons engaged in the import of petroleum from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and for other purposes.

29 clauses Jun 6, 2023
Health Care Providers Federal Government Environmental Services Federal Administration

s1819-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the distribution of 3D printer plans for the printing of firearms, and for other purposes.

1 clause Jun 6, 2023
Defense Contractors

s1715-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other purposes.

11 clauses May 18, 2023
Wood Product Manufacturing Finance and Investment Forestry and Logging Water Utilities

s1727-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide a process for granting lawful permanent resident status to aliens from certain countries who meet specified eligibility requirements, and for other purposes.

4 clauses May 18, 2023
Federal Administration Immigration Services Environmental Services Defense Contractors

s1750-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit and prevent seclusion, mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, and dangerous restraints that restrict breathing, and to prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint in schools, and for other purposes.

9 clauses May 18, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Education Defense Contractors

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