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Sheldon Whitehouse

4th term · 19.7 years in office: 3 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Senator · RI · Democrat · since Jan 2007

Sheldon Whitehouse

Bills authored 29Missed votes 12 of 214Party unity 43% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 214 roll calls and 203 sponsorship records on file.

Stray indexpending review

Who they are

We don't publish a biography until a person has checked every sentence against its source. There isn't a reviewed one for this member yet. That is a gap in our review queue, and it says nothing about them.

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

19.7YRS

In office · 4th term · since Jan 2007

We hold certified results for U.S. House seats only.

94.39%

Attendance

senate median 98.13% (100 members)

Not a candidate in any election we track.

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control chairSenate Committee on Environment and Public Works ranking memberCommission on Security and Cooperation in EuropeSenate Committee on FinanceSenate Committee on the BudgetSenate Committee on the JudiciarySenate Committee on the Judiciary · Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights subcommittee ranking memberSenate Committee on Environment and Public Works · Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight subcommittee ex officioSenate Committee on Environment and Public Works · Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety subcommittee ex officioSenate Committee on Environment and Public Works · Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water subcommittee ex officioSenate Committee on Environment and Public Works · Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee ex officioSenate Committee on the Judiciary · Border Security and Immigration subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · Health Care subcommitteeSenate Committee on the Judiciary · Intellectual Property subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · Taxation and IRS Oversight subcommitteeSenate Committee on the Judiciary · the Constitution subcommittee29 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated; voted 47 of 100 toward FISCAL RESTRAINT.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated; voted 49 of 100 toward STRICTER ENFORCEMENT.
  • Immigration: not yet stated; voted 27 of 100 toward TIGHTER LIMITS.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated; voted 53 of 100 toward INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated; voted 62 of 100 toward CONSERVE & PROTECT.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated; voted 69 of 100 toward DISCLOSURE & AUDIT.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

pending review

The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. ○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted. Select a cluster to open its issues.

GapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How they voted.

Money & ties

Who's behind them.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Current · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$500.3KTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $15.0K · 34 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$53.9K · 10.8%
  • Itemized individual$436.3K · 87.2%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$0.0 · 0.0%
  • All other$10.1K · 2.0%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)-0.340
Social (dim 2)-0.129

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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