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Seat
U.S. Senator from Virginia
Born
1958
Age 68
Phone
(202) 224-4024
Office
231 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510, Washington 20510
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Virginia

Tim Kaine

Timothy Michael Kaine is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Virginia since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 70th governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010, and as the 38th lieutenant governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. Kaine was the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2016 election as Hillary Clinton's running mate.

Voting Record — 830
Yes38%
No61%
Present0%
Not Voting1%
Party align91%
Cross-party9%
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Tim Kaine
U.S. SenatorDemocratVirginia
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Tim's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 78 sponsored · 343 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

My bipartisan bill with Senator Todd Young to repeal the 1991 and 2002 AUMFs against Iraq passed the Senate! Leaving these AUMFs on the books runs the risk of potential misuse by any president. I’ll keep working to ensure this important provision remains in the final defense bill.
Virginians are already struggling with job losses and higher costs caused by the Trump Administration. Now Republican leadership wants their marketplace premiums to go up by more than double? We can’t let that happen.
Three rural clinics in Virginia are closing their doors because of Trump and the GOP’s Medicaid cuts—and more closures will come if we don’t restore this funding ASAP. My Republican colleagues must come to the negotiating table to save Medicaid and reopen the government.
Axios headline reading: Shutdown and Medicaid cuts deal one-two punch to Virginia hospitals.
You can't have a strong economy if Americans are buried under ridiculously high health care costs. It's time to clean up Republicans' health care mess and prevent Virginians' marketplace premiums from going through the roof.
This National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I will keep working to ensure survivors have the support they need and know they are not alone. If you or someone you know needs help, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.
No one has ever contacted my office because they want to pay MORE for health care. Hardworking people overwhelmingly want access to affordable health care. I’m doing everything I can to push for a path forward to keep premiums from skyrocketing and fund the government.
My statement after Senate Republicans blocked my legislation with @schiff.senate.gov to stop the continued use of U.S. Armed Forces in the southern Caribbean Sea without specific authorization by Congress:
Blue background with the following text: "Americans want fewer wars—not more—and our Constitution clearly grants Congress alone the power to declare one. Yet President Trump has repeatedly launched illegal military strikes in the Caribbean, and has refused to provide Congress with basic information about who was killed, why the strikes were necessary, and why a standard interdiction operation wasn’t conducted. Should this lawless Administration drag our servicemembers into an escalating conflict without a specific authorization by Congress, every American will be able to tell from today’s vote if their senators tried to stop it, or rolled over."
My statement after Senate Republicans blocked my legislation with @heinrich.senate.gov to undo a key plank of Trump’s corrupt, cost-raising, job-killing energy agenda:
White background with the following statement: "For the second time, Senate Republicans blocked our legislation that would have repealed President Trump’s bogus energy emergency. Because Republicans refuse to stand up to Trump, Americans will continue to see energy prices go up, clean energy projects across the country canceled, and good-paying manufacturing jobs lost. When will my Republican colleagues choose the side of the American people and vote for policies that help working families, not just Trump’s donors and billionaires?"
Unexpected sickness or injury is hard enough. But now, people are terrified that if something goes wrong, they won't be able to afford care because premiums are set to surge next year. I'm doing all I can to keep health care costs down.
Virginians want good jobs and lower energy costs. That’s why @heinrich.senate.gov and I are forcing a vote TODAY to challenge Trump’s corrupt, cost-raising, job-killing energy agenda.
Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean. If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.
The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you. And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it. This is not about politics. It's about people. Let’s break it down:
Trump used military force to strike 4 ships in the Caribbean, killing 21 people, and has not provided sound legal justification for doing so to Congress. I’m forcing a vote with Senator Adam Schiff on whether the U.S. should put our troops in harm’s way to conduct these strikes.
We haven’t had a shutdown since the last time Trump was president—which was also the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Once again, Trump can’t lead, and the American people suffer as a result.
There are plenty of things Republicans and I disagree on, but that’s why I believe in bipartisan negotiations, so we can reach a compromise. That’s how we’ve funded the government every year I’ve been in the Senate. Dems are ready to roll up our sleeves and find a solution.
It’s day seven of the government shutdown. For an entire week now, Republicans have refused to reach a bipartisan agreement to fund our government and protect health care for American citizens. They’re failing their own constituents.
I started my morning with @markwarner.bsky.social and Virginians from across the Commonwealth in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Together, we recognized Virginia's incredible Latino communities and their significant contributions to our arts, economy, schools, government, and more.
Senators Warner and Kaine pose with an event attendee for a photo.
Senators Warner and Kaine pose with another event attendee for a photo.
Senator Kaine speaks at the event.
In 2019, I worked with Republicans to secure passage of legislation to guarantee all federal employees back pay during any shutdown. Trump signed it. Now, his bureaucrat, Russ Vought, is trying to go back on this promise. Federal employees get back pay. That’s the law.
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Voting History
830 total votes
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Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.

DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2025-02-03Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (59-38)
2025-02-03Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46)
2025-01-30End debateYESYESCloture Motion Agreed to (83-13)
2025-01-30End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (62-35)
2025-01-30Confirm nomineeYESYESNomination Confirmed (80-17)
2025-01-29End debateYESYESCloture Motion Agreed to (78-20)
2025-01-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (56-42)
2025-01-29End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (56-42)
2025-01-28H.R. 23 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONOCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (54-45, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-28Confirm nomineeYESYESNomination Confirmed (77-22)
2025-01-27End debateYESYESCloture Motion Agreed to (97-0)
2025-01-27Confirm nomineeYESNONomination Confirmed (68-29)
2025-01-25End debateYESNOCloture Motion Agreed to (67-23)
2025-01-25Confirm nomineeYESNONomination Confirmed (59-34)
2025-01-24End debateYESNOCloture Motion Agreed to (61-39)
2025-01-24Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-01-23End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-49)
2025-01-23Confirm nomineeYESNONomination Confirmed (74-25)
2025-01-23End debateYESNOCloture Motion Agreed to (72-26)
2025-01-22S. 6 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONOCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (52-47, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-21Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (53-45)
2025-01-21Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (54-46)
2025-01-20Confirm nomineeYESYESNomination Confirmed (99-0)
2025-01-20S. 5 (119th)Final passageNONOBill Passed (64-35)
2025-01-20S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Agreed to (75-24)
2025-01-17S. 5 (119th)End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (61-35, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-15S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (46-49)
2025-01-15S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Agreed to (70-25)
2025-01-13S. 5 (119th)Begin considerationYESYESMotion to Proceed Agreed to (82-10)
2025-01-09S. 5 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateYESYESCloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (84-9, 3/5 majority required)

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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