Sen. Van Hollen, Chris

Democrat · Maryland · Senate

Christopher Van Hollen Jr. is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maryland, a seat he has held since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district from 2003 to 2017 and as a Maryland state senator from 1995 to 2003.

Voting record

Participation: shows up to vote 98% of the time.
Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 23.6% of the time.
Alignment with the district's political lean: 64.7%.
Bills sponsored: 250; passed into law: 1.

Recent votes by Sen. Van Hollen, Chris

Voted Yea 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 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 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 Yea 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 Nay on Large independent banks face stricter oversight — Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
Voted Nay on Limits EPA power over wetland disposal sites — FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
Voted Yea on Boosts crime victims fund with settlement money — A bill to deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching requirements, and for other purposes.
Voted Nay on Blocks federal vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard".

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