Politician
United States Senator from South Dakota
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Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
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Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Backs a firm diplomatic approach toward Russia over Ukraine, including sanctions, and supported U.S. strikes on Iran to prevent weapons-grade uranium production.
🗳 Nay on SJRES181 (2026-07-30)🗳 Nay on SJRES180 (2026-07-23)🗳 Nay on SJRES185 (2026-06-24)🗳 Nay on SJRES185 (2026-05-19)
Supports the SAVE Act requiring proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration.
Supports stronger border security and enforcement against illegal immigration, while backing legal immigration, guest-worker/H-2B visa programs, and merit-based reform without amnesty.
Argues legal immigration, including skilled foreign-born workers, is critical to filling labor shortages and winning the AI race against China.
Supports using tariffs as leverage to negotiate new trade deals, especially for agricultural exports, while expressing concern about market impacts.
Advocates for pro-business, low-tax federal policies, reduced regulation on small businesses, and expanded trade opportunities.
Supports a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and actively managing drivers of the national debt including Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
Supports lowering taxes and streamlining the tax code.
Supports eliminating the Department of Education and returning control to local communities.
Strong supporter of the Second Amendment who works to protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
Pro-life; supports banning certain abortion procedures and signed a trigger law prohibiting abortion except to save the mother's life.
Opposes Biden administration Title IX changes that allow biological males to compete in women's and girls' sports.
Supports an all-of-the-above approach to American energy independence and domestic energy development.
Supports securing the border to stop the flow of illegal drugs and human trafficking.
Supported supplemental appropriations providing funding for Ukraine.
Supported supplemental appropriations providing funding and munitions support for Israel.
Supports adequately funding, training and equipping the U.S. military to keep it the best in the world.
