Politician
United States Senator from South Carolina since 2013
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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.
Supports patient-centered health care with interstate insurance shopping, equal tax treatment for individual premiums, state high-risk pools, and medical malpractice (tort) reform.
Strongly pro-life, supports bans on abortion funding and legislation like the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and backs traditional marriage and religious liberty protections.
Prioritizes securing the southern border, finishing the border wall, reinstating Title 42, and increasing Border Patrol funding before other immigration reforms; voted against the 2013 Senate immigration bill.
Advocates reducing the size of the federal government, including opposing IRS agent increases and redirecting funds toward border security.
As top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, calls for Federal Reserve transparency and accountability and links illegal immigration to negative wage and economic effects.
