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The president is trying to pocket billions of taxpayer dollars. When will my Republican colleagues call out the corruption?
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Party align95%
Cross-party4%
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Sheldon Whitehouse
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Plus, all that stuff really sucks and is even dangerous, so we should be honor-bound to fight it even if it were a losing and unpopular fight. So when it’s actually a winner, there’s really no excuse.
They’re ahead of us knowing that climate change is increasing their costs. And they’re ahead of us knowing that fossil fuel has too much influence. And they’re ahead of us knowing that an oligarchy of billionaire CEOs and wealthy donors and large corporations is a problem.
So if we wanted to have a fight about the fossil fuel billionaire CEOs, the wealthy fossil fuel donors and the large fossil fuel corporations who wield too much influence and do too much damage, once again we’re pushing on an open door. The people are actually ahead of us.
2. Then, if you look at the industries whose influence people are most concerned about, the top one is oil and gas companies, numero uno. People are sick of the fossil fuel industry having too much influence (that’s bad news for fossil-fuel sock-puppet Republicans, btw).
1: People are really concerned about undue political influence, and what they’re most worried about is billionaire CEOs, wealthy donors and large corporations — Trump’s people, in a nutshell; the dark money crowd. People are sick of them having too much influence.
On this not-fighting-about-climate-change stuff we’ve been seeing, here’s some relevant new polling.
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I’m on the Senate Floor preparing to ask my colleagues if we can all agree on this one, simple truth: our oceans are warming.
Americans are concerned about costs and corruption. Polluters are on the wrong side of both.
I’m headed to the Senate floor to deliver my 307th Time to Wake Up speech.
www.youtube.com/live/mfh-tL0...
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“Don’t worry buddy, Kristi Noem isn’t around here anymore.”
IMO, another big fat Trumpian favor for the fossil fuel industry.
Maybe paired with our excess profits clawback bill this makes sense, but not while they’re busy gorging themselves at the public’s expense.
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Americans wanted prices to come down. Then, Trump started an unnecessary war with Iran that has killed U.S. servicemembers and is driving prices even higher. How much more pain is he willing to inflict on the American people? apnews.com/article/us-i...
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A ballroom he promised taxpayers wouldn't pay for.
A wall he promised Mexico would.
And now a no-bid contract for a favored pool contractor costing taxpayers millions more.
Trump's art of the deal is, and always will be, a scam.
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Help with daycare? Too expensive.
Healthcare you can afford? Nope.
But paying his friend millions of taxpayer dollars to paint the bottom of the Reflecting Pool? Absolutely.
The corruption never ends.
The cost to repaint the Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC blue is now estimated to be over $13 million.
Trump initially promised it would cost only $1.8 million.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...
(10) When the reckoning comes (and it will), our sleeping watchmen will be less culpable than the creeping burglars, but not without sin. It matters to speak up now about this massive enterprise of climate denial fraud and dark money corruption.
(9) While they were at it, the fossil-fuel billionaires packed and captured the Supreme Court, so that its every regulatory decision helps the polluters and their “free-to-pollute” business model. Look no further than the leaked Clean Power Plan memos ONLY considering polluter costs.
(8) On our side, we have almost no infrastructure to track and expose that armada. The creepy front groups are played like piano keys, and most people don’t even see there’s a piano.
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776 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-30 | S.J. Res. 49 (119th) | Kill the motion | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Motion to Table Agreed to (49-49, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea) |
| 2025-04-30 | S.J. Res. 49 (119th) | Approve resolution | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Joint Resolution Defeated (49-49) |
| 2025-04-30 | H.J. Res. 75 (119th) | Begin consideration | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46) |
| 2025-04-30 | H.J. Res. 42 (119th) | Approve resolution | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Joint Resolution Passed (52-46) |
| 2025-04-29 | H.J. Res. 42 (119th) | Begin consideration | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Nomination Confirmed (83-14) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | End debate | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Cloture Motion Agreed to (84-13) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Nomination Confirmed (60-36) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | End debate | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Cloture Motion Agreed to (62-36) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Nomination Confirmed (59-39) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | End debate | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Cloture Motion Agreed to (59-39) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Nomination Confirmed (67-29) |
| 2025-04-28 | — | End debate | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Cloture Motion Agreed to (64-27) |
| 2025-04-11 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (60-25) |
| 2025-04-11 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-25) |
| 2025-04-11 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (59-26) |
| 2025-04-11 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (59-25) |
| 2025-04-10 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (50-46) |
| 2025-04-10 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-04-10 | H.J. Res. 20 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (53-44) |
| 2025-04-09 | H.J. Res. 20 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-42) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-44) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-45) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (49-46) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (60-37) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (53-46) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-42) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-44) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-37) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-46) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (66-32) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (67-32) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (54-45) |
| 2025-04-07 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-39) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Accept House changes | NO | NO | ✓ | Concurrent Resolution Agreed to (51-48) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (47-52) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (49-50) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (49-50) |
| 2025-04-05 | — | Motion (Motion to Waive Section 305(b)(2) of the CBA re: Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 1690) | YES | YES | ✓ | Motion Rejected (49-50, 3/5 majority required) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (47-52) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (49-50) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (49-50) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (5-94) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-04-04 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
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.