In this week's Intel Briefing, I break down a few big issues, including health care and how to keep the government open:
1️⃣ The impending crisis facing our farmers due to tariffs
2️⃣ Putin and Trump
3️⃣ Attacks on Freedom of Speech
youtu.be/sOSoEbK-ZoQ
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Michigan
Elissa Slotkin
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Voting Record — 789
Yes34%
No63%
Present0%
Not Voting3%
Party align92%
Cross-party8%
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Elissa Slotkin
U.S. SenatorDemocratMichigan
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Elissa's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 20 sponsored · 116 cosponsored
Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.
Reposted bySenator Elissa Slotkin
SOON: Republicans will vote to shut down our government instead of passing something simple to prevent your premiums from SKYROCKETING.
Here’s what’s going on and why you’re likely to have way higher health care costs next year:
FCC Chair Brendan Carr should resign. The FCC is supposed to be an independent body that prevents censorship, not enables it.
This week I talked with leaders of Michigan’s Head Start Program about funding needs to continue doing the invaluable work of caring for our children at the most important and vital time in their lives. (2/2)
Michiganders know their programs are being cut left and right, and they’re coming to their elected leaders to ask: “What can we do?” (1/2)
Michigan Teamsters vs. Everybody! Strong labor unions are central to a powerful working class, and it's great to be in the fight with these hard-working Michiganders.
When you get that letter and you gasp about how your prices have gone up on your private insurance, you should understand exactly who gave you that price increase. That is Donald Trump.
A man in Macomb County sent me a letter he received from his health insurance company. It’s going up 16% because of what this President has done on health care.
We’re coming up on a big deadline. I don’t want a shutdown. But if my republican colleagues want my vote, they’re going to have to act like adults and come and talk to me about it. You’re going to have to talk to me about health care.
I took to the Senate floor tonight to talk about a very simple idea. In the richest, most powerful country in the world, every American should have access to health care they can afford.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7HY...
WATCH: I’m speaking soon on the Senate Floor about how, thanks to this President, you are either going to lose your health care or see costs go up.
As a result of the President’s Big Bill, you are either going to see your health care go up or go away.
On Sept. 30, we have a big budget deadline. To get my vote, you need to negotiate and walk back cuts to health care.
Watch my speech in the Senate: youtube.com/live/h7HY2yz...
Reposted bySenator Elissa Slotkin
NEWS: SASC Democrats and I are officially calling on Chair Wicker to hold on a hearing on Donald Trump's ongoing military deployments to cities across the country.
Our nation's servicemembers and the American people deserve transparency.
The free market, on its own, will not ensure that we have a strong industrial base to make the new things when we need them. Remember during COVID when we needed ventilators? You need people who make things.
TSA is using both state-of-the-art technology to keep us safe, and the tried-and-true K-9 units, who gave us a demo of their work. Detroit, Grand Rapids, Traverse City and Saginaw airports are all screening more passengers — and we appreciate what they do every day to keep us safe. (2/2)
After one of the busiest travel seasons in Michigan history, it seemed only right to check in with TSA at DTW. I travel to and from Detroit every week. I see their critical work more than most. (1/2)
Carl Levin would never complain. He would act. He would investigate. He would take on both parties, and he would find common ground.
Watch my full Intel Briefing: bsky.app/profile/slot...
The Supreme Court decided ICE can use race and language to profile individuals. This fundamentally chafes against anyone who cares about democracy, and we shouldn’t have segments of our population walking around in fear.
The President is using a policy of division as a tactic.
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Voting History789 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
789 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-02 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (49-45) |
| 2025-08-02 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (49-44) |
| 2025-08-02 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45) |
| 2025-08-02 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (53-44) |
| 2025-08-02 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-41) |
| 2025-08-01 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (50-45) |
| 2025-08-01 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-43) |
| 2025-08-01 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-44) |
| 2025-08-01 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Agreed to (81-15) |
| 2025-08-01 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Bill Passed (87-9, 3/5 majority required) |
| 2025-08-01 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Agreed to (87-9, 3/5 majority required) |
| 2025-08-01 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Vote on amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (21-75) |
| 2025-08-01 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Vote on amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (15-81) |
| 2025-08-01 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Vote on amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (14-81) |
| 2025-08-01 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (45-50) |
| 2025-08-01 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (42-53) |
| 2025-08-01 | H.R. 3944 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (44-51) |
| 2025-08-01 | — | Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Points of Order Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 3114) | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion Rejected (44-51, 3/5 majority required) |
| 2025-08-01 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45) |
| 2025-08-01 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (54-43) |
| 2025-08-01 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-44) |
| 2025-08-01 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (55-41) |
| 2025-07-31 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45) |
| 2025-07-31 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45) |
| 2025-07-31 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-44) |
| 2025-07-31 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-45) |
| 2025-07-31 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (53-44) |
| 2025-07-31 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-44) |
| 2025-07-31 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (53-45) |
| 2025-07-31 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (59-39) |
| 2025-07-31 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-45) |
| 2025-07-31 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-41) |
| 2025-07-30 | — | End debate | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-44) |
| 2025-07-30 | — | End debate | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Cloture Motion Agreed to (59-38) |
| 2025-07-30 | S.J. Res. 34 (119th) | Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 34 | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Motion to Discharge Rejected (24-73) |
| 2025-07-30 | S.J. Res. 41 (119th) | Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 41 | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Motion to Discharge Rejected (27-70) |
| 2025-07-30 | — | End debate | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-44) |
| 2025-07-30 | — | Confirm nominee | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Nomination Confirmed (52-44) |
| 2025-07-30 | — | End debate | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-44) |
| 2025-07-30 | — | Confirm nominee | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Nomination Confirmed (53-45) |
| 2025-07-30 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47) |
| 2025-07-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (50-49) |
| 2025-07-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (54-44) |
| 2025-07-29 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-45) |
| 2025-07-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-47) |
| 2025-07-29 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-47) |
| 2025-07-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-47) |
| 2025-07-29 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-47) |
| 2025-07-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (50-47) |
| 2025-07-28 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45) |
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.