Thom Tillis
- Previous profession
- Partner, IBM Global Business Services, 2002 to 2009; Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 1990 to 2002
- First public office
- 2009Member, North Carolina House of Representatives, 2009 to 2015 (House Speaker, 2011 to 2015)
- Years in public office
- 17of 36 years since 1990, the first year the biography gives for any work
Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.
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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Tillis has a recorded vote on 38 laws that passed.
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The record in plain language
Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 38 came to a recorded vote in the Senate while Tillis is a member. The rest passed the Senate by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.
Tillis votes Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the HALT Fentanyl Act; the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); the Rescissions Act of 2025, which cancelled about $9 billion in approved spending; the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.
On funding the government, Tillis votes Yes on the March 2025 full-year funding law; the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown; the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA; and the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies.
Tillis votes No on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the Senate in that time. Tillis votes to cancel 21 and against cancelling 1, and did not vote on 2. The rules Tillis votes to cancel come from: Interior: Bureau of Land Management (5), Environmental Protection Agency (5), Energy (4), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2), District of Columbia government (1), Treasury: Comptroller of the Currency (1), Interior: National Park Service (1), Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1) and Interior: Ocean Energy Management (1).
On all 33 Yes votes Tillis votes the same way as most Senate Republicans. On all 2 No votes Tillis votes differently from most of them.
Tillis did not vote on the September 2026 funding extension; the law that cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased; and the law that cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.
Votes on laws that passed
Most recent
Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.
Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.
A package of housing measures intended to increase the supply of homes.
Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.
Most recent No votes
Cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.
What this member says about laws and orders
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1 excerpt
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJune 11, 2025
Tillis Op-Ed: The Senate’s One Big, Beautiful Opportunity
“Now the Senate is on the verge of helping him fulfill that commitment with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Getting the bill through the House was a Herculean effort in itself, given the Republicans’ thin majority.”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 27 spending items this member requested, $67,700,000 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.
Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern Community College | Public Law 119-37 | Southeastern Community College Truck Driver Training Program ExpansionRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | NC | $4,905,000 |
| YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly | Public Law 119-37 | YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly Facilities Construction and RestorationRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | NC | $1,095,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e NC City of Mebane Station and F Improvement PEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $4,000,000 |
| on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | tate NC Fayetteville P Commission fo Treatment PlaEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $4,500,000 |
| Town of Mayodan | Public Law 119-74 | Public Safety Communication UpgradesDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $342,000 |
| Transylvania County | Public Law 119-74 | Emergency Communication Technology and EquipmentDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $800,000 |
| City of Greensboro Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | Real Time Intelligence UpgradesDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $820,000 |
| Union County Sheriff's Office | Public Law 119-74 | Rapid DNA Instrumentation for InvestigationsDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $861,000 |
| Town of Holly Springs | Public Law 119-74 | Interoperable Communications EquipmentDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $1,074,000 |
| McDowell County Sheriff's Office | Public Law 119-74 | Mobile Command UnitDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $250,000 |
Show all 27
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Mooresville Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | Police Technology Improvement ProjectDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $1,478,000 |
| SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals | Public Law 119-75 | for facilities and equipment to support the acquisition and installation of commercial-grade generatorHHS · Health Resources and Services Administration | NC | $316,000 |
| Hope Coalition | Public Law 119-75 | to centralize and enhance youth diversion programsHHS · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration | NC | $1,014,000 |
| Cape Fear Community College | Public Law 119-75 | to support technical education, including the purchase of equipment and suppliesED · Higher Education | NC | $650,000 |
| East Carolina University | Public Law 119-75 | for biomanufacturing education, including the purchase of equipment and suppliesED · Higher Education | NC | $6,500,000 |
| Elizabeth City State University | Public Law 119-75 | for the purchase of aviation equipmentED · Higher Education | NC | $3,900,000 |
| City of Hickory | Public Law 119-75 | Fire Station UpgradesDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NC | $1,383,000 |
| YMCA of Greater Charlotte | Public Law 119-75 | The Johnston Family YMCA Infrastructure ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NC | $5,000,000 |
| Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, Inc. dba IFB Solutions | Public Law 119-75 | Infrastructure and Facility ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NC | $3,200,000 |
| The Servant Center, Inc. | Public Law 119-75 | Servant House ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NC | $247,000 |
| Henderson County | Public Law 119-75 | EMS Substations ExpansionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NC | $2,500,000 |
| Central Carolina Community College | Public Law 119-75 | EMS/Fire Training FacilityDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NC | $5,779,000 |
| Town of Canton | Public Law 119-75 | Fire DepartmentDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NC | $5,799,000 |
| YMCA of Southeastern North Carolina, Inc. | Public Law 119-75 | Midtown YMCA Expansion ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NC | $1,500,000 |
| Lenoir County Government | Public Law 119-75 | Water and Sewer Infrastructure ExtensionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NC | $5,182,000 |
| Gaston County Family YMCA | Public Law 119-75 | Stowe Family YMCA Expansion ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | NC | $2,000,000 |
| North Carolina Department of Commerce | Public Law 119-86 | Wanchese Marine Industrial Park Authority Living Shoreline Resiliency ProjectFEMA · Federal Assistance-PDM | NC | $2,605,000 |
Read from the lists Congress printed for 4 laws. An item requested by several members appears under each of them, so sums across members count such an item more than once. A list the Congressional Record printed on two days is counted once, from the later printing. A requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.
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