Sen. Thune, John

Republican · South Dakota · Senate

John Randolph Thune is an American politician from South Dakota who has served in the United States Senate since 2005. A Republican, Thune previously served as U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district. He has been the Senate majority leader and Senate Republican leader since January 2025.

Voting record

• Participation: shows up to vote 99% of the time.
• Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 31.1% of the time.
• Alignment with the district's political lean: 56%.
• Bills sponsored: 250; passed into law: 1.

Recent votes by Sen. Thune, John

• Voted Yea on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
• Voted Nay on Tightens banking sanctions on Russia — CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
• Voted Yea on Increase Medicare and Medicaid payments to rural hospitals — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
• Voted Nay on Speaker reserves procedural placeholder for House — Secure the Border Act of 2023
• Voted Nay on Exempts active military pay from federal income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
• Voted Nay on Procedural placeholder reserved for Speaker — Lower Drug Costs Now Act
• Voted Yea on Increases airport passenger fees through 2030 — Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
• Voted Yea on Speaker reserves bill number for future legislation — Parents Bill of Rights Act
• Voted Nay on Designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group — Clean Energy for America Act
• Voted Yea on Eliminates funding for National Endowment for Humanities — Social Security Fairness Act
• Voted Yea on Grants to help foreign-trained health workers — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
• Voted Yea on Large independent banks face stricter oversight — Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
• Voted Yea on Limits EPA power over wetland disposal sites — FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
• Voted Nay on Kills EPA oil and gas methane limits — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review".
• Voted Nay on Keeps government funded through December — A bill making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for providing emergency assistance, and for other purposes.

Other South Dakota representatives

• Rep. Johnson, Dusty (Republican)
• Sen. Rounds, Mike (Republican)

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