Sheldon Whitehouse
AnalysisD RI · Senate
Defense
-75Healthcare
+199Finance
-28Energy
-100Government Operations
-34Education
-29Environment
-13Agriculture
+101Transportation
-243Veterans Affairs
+196Sanctions
-57Labor
+47Technology
+11Trade
-27Foreign Policy
-73Criminal Justice
+34Housing
+107Appropriations
+93Immigration
-127Federal Budget
+162Industry Impact Profile
16273 industry impacts
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.
Votes by Industry (Yea/Nay Alignment)
How this legislator's Yea/Nay votes landed across industries; distinct from overall bill exposure above.
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| 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
|
-245 | ||||
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Veterans (141),
Military Families (16),
Military (3),
Foreign (2),
Taxpayers (1)
|
+34 | ||||
Defense (14 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Naval (2),
Nuclear (2),
Testing (2),
Ammunition (1),
Ground Vehicles (1)
+9 more
|
-52 | ||||
Military (2 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Families (1),
Space Force (1)
|
+47 | ||||
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
|
+69 | ||||
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Child Care (3),
Immigrant Students (1),
Religious Studies (1),
Technical (1)
|
+12 | ||||
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Federal/Military (1),
Military/Pacific (1),
Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
|
+59 | ||||
| Taxpayers | - | - | -18 | ||
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Coffee (2),
Commodities (2),
Hemp (2),
Livestock (2),
Coffee Production (1)
|
-98 | ||||
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Foreign (7),
Electrical Equipment (2),
Defense (1),
Foreign Adversary (1)
|
+5 | ||||
| Transportation | +1 | ||||
| Immigration | - | +109 | |||
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
HSA (7),
HSA Administration (2),
Transgender Individuals (1)
|
-35 | ||||
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Medicaid (6),
Medicaid Programs (4),
Non-Expansion (3)
|
+15 | ||||
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Distributed Generation (1)
|
-34 |
Votes are cast on entire bills; attribution to individual clauses does not imply clause-level intent. Learn more
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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills
sres563-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeA resolution affirming that the Federal Government should support school district investment in clean school buses.
s2883-119
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo establish an East Coast Bivalve Research Task Force.
s2235-119
Primary Sponsor ReportedDiesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
s2063-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeESTUARIES Act of 2025
s1947-119
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce from authorizing commercial octopus aquaculture operations in the United States, the exclusive economic zone, and the waters of the United States, and for other purposes.
s1610-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeTax-Free Pell Grant Act
s1198-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeNorthern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
s567-119
Primary Sponsor Passed SenateFirst Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act
s5441-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo provide for offshore wind energy development, and for other purposes.
s5399-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend title 11, United States Code, to provide bankruptcy protections for medically distressed debtors, and for other purposes.
s4810-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce from authorizing commercial octopus aquaculture operations in the United States, the exclusive economic zone, and the waters of the United States, and for other purposes.
s4752-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo establish an integrated national approach to respond to ongoing and expected effects of extreme weather and climate change by protecting, managing, and conserving the fish, wildlife, and plants of the United States, and to maximize Government efficiency and reduce costs, in cooperation with State and local governments, Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiians, and other entities, and for other purposes.
s3292-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo encourage the research and use of innovative materials and associated techniques in the construction and preservation of the domestic transportation and water infrastructure system, and for other purposes.
s2920-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the exclusion of Pell Grants from gross income.
s1531-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes.
s373-118
Primary Sponsor ReportedTo modify the disposition of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues and to open Federal financial sharing to heighten opportunities for renewable energy, and for other purposes.
sres25-118
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeRecognizing January 2023 as National Mentoring Month.
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