Sen. Peters, Gary C.
Democrat · Michigan · Senate
Gary Charles Peters is an American politician, lawyer, and former naval officer serving as the senior United States senator from Michigan, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 14th congressional district, which included the eastern half of Detroit, the Grosse Pointes, Hamtramck, Southfield, and Pontiac, from 2009 to 2015.
Voting record
- Participation: shows up to vote 99% of the time.
- Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 34.2% of the time.
- Alignment with the district's political lean: 39%.
- Bills sponsored: 250; passed into law: 4.
Recent votes by Sen. Peters, Gary C.
- Voted Nay on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
- Voted Yea on Tightens banking sanctions on Russia — CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
- Voted Not Voting 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 Yea on Exempts active military pay from federal income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
- Voted Yea 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 Nay 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 Yea on U.S. semiconductor and tech R&D investment surge — A bill to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes.
- Voted Nay on Sweeping budget reconciliation: taxes, spending, debt limit — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Other Michigan representatives
- Rep. Barrett, Tom (Republican)
- Rep. Bergman, Jack (Republican)
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie (Democrat)
- Rep. Huizenga, Bill (Republican)
- Rep. James, John (Republican)
- Rep. McClain, Lisa C. (Republican)
- Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen (Democrat)
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. (Republican)
- Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. (Democrat)
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa (Democrat)
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