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U.S. Senator, Virginia · Democrat

Tim Kaine

138 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.

915 recorded votes

  • Voted for35038.3%
  • Voted against55460.5%
  • Did not vote111.2%
98.8%
of the votes they could cast
138
statements indexed
5,564
words on the floor

Turned up for 98.8% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.

In plain English

Kaine voted 99 times out of every 100 they could. That is more than the middle of the Senate, which is 98.

They vote the same way as Richard J. Durbin more than anyone else. The two agreed 92 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with Susan M. Collins. They agreed 30 times out of 100.

The Record prints their remarks under 8 headings more than once. The list below names them.

First took office
January 3, 2013
Terms served
3 terms in the Senate
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2031
Born
February 26, 1958

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

War powers run through most of what Kaine has on the record here. Eight remarks fall under resolutions directing the removal of United States forces from hostilities, five more under the War Powers Resolution itself, and four under measures terminating a declared national emergency. Venezuela, Iran, government funding and the 2026 defense appropriations bill account for most of the rest.

The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.

What Was Said, and What Was Done

138 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Tim Kaine’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.

All 138 statements, with a search →

Counted from the record

What Their Votes Add Up To

The Senate takes 54 votes of this kind this Congress against the House's 391: its floor time goes to cloture motions and nominations, where a yes does not mean pass the thing. There is not enough here to set out.

Voting With Their Party

On the 842 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Tim Kaine voted on 831 and was with the Democrat majority on 747 of them.

831 party line votes cast

  • With their party74789.9%
  • Against their party8410.1%

Votes Against Their Own Party

Who They Vote With

In Their Own Party

Of the votes both took part in.

Voting Across the Aisle

The record itself

Where the Words Are

The Congressional Record marks Tim Kaine as speaking in 309 items of business across 94 sitting days of this Congress.

Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.

The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.

Every Recorded Vote

All 915 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Senate lists Tim Kaine. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.

All 915 recorded votes, newest first →

Elsewhere in the Record

The other Virginia seat in this chamber is held by Mark R. Warner.

How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.