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At a Glance
Seat
U.S. Senator from Hawaii
Born
October 20, 1972
Age 53
Phone
(202) 224-3934
Office
722 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510, Washington 20510
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Hawaii

Brian Schatz

Brian Emanuel Schatz is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Hawaii, a seat he has held since 2012. A progressive Democrat, Schatz served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006, representing the 25th legislative district; as the chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii from 2008 to 2010; and as the 12th lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2012.

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Voting Record — 772
Yes26%
No73%
Present0%
Not Voting1%
Party align96%
Cross-party1%
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Brian Schatz
U.S. SenatorDemocratHawaii
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Brian's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 44 sponsored · 168 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

I think that announcing where we think our leverage is and what we will use it for is not wise in December. It’s a very good question but it’s too serious to just post my initial thoughts.
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Be furious be angry but despondency is what they want from us. And be very suspicious of people on the left who say “we are cooked” or whatever. Imagine the civil rights movement, or suffrage, or any movement for change, hitting a roadblock and just “saying well we are well and truly fucked now.”
That’s a super legit criticism but people saying “we didn’t wield power” is part of the problem, and just untrue. “You guys should have done more” is fair. But it’s like very savvy and provocative and cool for some folks online to pretend democrats accomplished nothing which is a bummer.
There’s char siu bao on the continent too. There’s a place in northern Virginia that gets them baked in NYC and then trucked overnight and they are solid. I
We never had the votes for that. This idea that Biden or Chuck or whomever just need to LBJ this thing through is a total fantasy and one of the challenges of building power on the left. Manchin and Simema were never ever going to do this and no amount of jawboning would’ve changed that.
The threat is to people, not programs. We have to fight for people, not “democracy” or “norms.” Of course underlying all of this is making sure that democracy survives, but the way to ensure democracy survives is understand that folks are pissed off about lots of things that don’t work.
It took a full year to clean the burn zone and that was very well done. Now we have to rebuild and the 2.1 billion will go a long way towards that.
Right. Climate inaction is way more expensive than action. But an individual state should not be responsible for running a massively unprofitable enterprise and being on the bleeding edge of this. We need national changes in policy, like we’ve done for wind and solar.
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Voting History
772 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
2025-05-21S.J. Res. 55 (119th)Motion to Adjourn S.J.Res. 55YESYESMotion to Adjourn Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21Motion (Motion to Recess for Ten Minutes)YESYESMotion Rejected (45-52)
2025-05-21Motion (Motion to Recess for Fifteen Minutes)YESYESMotion Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21Motion (Motion to Recess for Thirty Minutes)YESYESMotion Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21Motion (Motion to Recess for 60 Minutes)YESYESMotion Rejected (45-51)
2025-05-21Motion (Motion to Recess for Ninety Minutes)YESYESMotion Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21S.J. Res. 55 (119th)Kill the motionNONOMotion to Table Agreed to (51-46)
2025-05-21S.J. Res. 55 (119th)Kill the motionYESYESMotion to Table Failed (46-52)
2025-05-21S.J. Res. 55 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (53-46)
2025-05-21S. 1582 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (69-31)
2025-05-19S. 1582 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONOCloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (66-32, 3/5 majority required)
2025-05-19Confirm nomineeNOT_VOTINGNONomination Confirmed (51-45)
2025-05-19End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-46)
2025-05-15S. Res. 195 (119th)Motion to Discharge S.Res. 195YESYESMotion to Discharge Rejected (45-50)
2025-05-15Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-46)
2025-05-14End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-47)
2025-05-14Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-05-14End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-05-14Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (54-43)
2025-05-14End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-43)
2025-05-14Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-46)
2025-05-14End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-05-14Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (54-40)
2025-05-13End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (57-41)
2025-05-13Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-44)
2025-05-13End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-45)
2025-05-13Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (74-25)
2025-05-13End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (72-26)
2025-05-13Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-46)
2025-05-12End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-05-12Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-05-12End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-08S. 1582 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONOCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (48-49, 3/5 majority required)
2025-05-08H.J. Res. 60 (119th)Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 60NONOJoint Resolution Passed (50-43)
2025-05-08S.J. Res. 7 (119th)Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 7NONOJoint Resolution Passed (50-38)
2025-05-07S.J. Res. 13 (119th)Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 13NONOJoint Resolution Passed (52-47)
2025-05-06H.J. Res. 60 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-06S.J. Res. 7 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-06Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-47)
2025-05-06S.J. Res. 13 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (53-46)
2025-05-06H.J. Res. 61 (119th)Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 61NONOJoint Resolution Passed (55-45)
2025-05-05H.J. Res. 61 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (51-43)
2025-05-01End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (50-45)
2025-05-01S.J. Res. 31 (119th)Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 31NONOJoint Resolution Passed (52-46)
2025-05-01H.J. Res. 75 (119th)Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 75NONOJoint Resolution Passed (52-45)
2025-04-30S.J. Res. 31 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (52-40)
2025-04-30S.J. Res. 49 (119th)Kill the motionNONOMotion to Table Agreed to (49-49, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-04-30S.J. Res. 49 (119th)Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 49YESYESJoint Resolution Defeated (49-49)
2025-04-30H.J. Res. 75 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46)
2025-04-30H.J. Res. 42 (119th)Joint Resolution H.J.Res. 42NONOJoint Resolution Passed (52-46)

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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