Sen. Cantwell, Maria

Democrat · Washington · Senate

Maria Ellen Cantwell is an American politician serving since 2001 as the junior U.S. senator from Washington. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 1987 to 1993 in the Washington House of Representatives and from 1993 to 1995 in the United States House of Representatives.

Voting record

• Participation: shows up to vote 99% of the time.
• Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 28.9% of the time.
• Alignment with the district's political lean: 60.5%.
• Bills sponsored: 250; passed into law: 3.

Recent votes by Sen. Cantwell, Maria

• Voted Yea on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
• Voted Yea on Tighten financial sanctions on Russia over Ukraine — 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 income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
• Voted Yea on Procedural placeholder reserved for Speaker — Lower Drug Costs Now Act
• Voted Yea on Raises passenger fees for airport improvements — Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
• Voted Nay on Speaker reserves bill number for future legislation — Parents Bill of Rights Act
• Voted Yea on Require Muslim Brotherhood foreign terrorist designation — Clean Energy for America Act
• Voted Yea on Eliminates funding for National Endowment for Humanities — Social Security Fairness Act
• Voted Yea on Extends federal funding through early 2025 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
• Voted Nay on Close loophole for large independent banks — Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
• Voted Yea on Shortens wetland disposal ban periods — FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
• Voted Yea 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.
• 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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