Sheldon Whitehouse

Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 38 came to a recorded vote in the Senate while Whitehouse is a member. The rest passed the Senate by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.

Whitehouse votes Yes on the HALT Fentanyl Act, the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026 and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.

On funding the government, Whitehouse votes Yes on the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA; the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies; and the September 2026 funding extension, and No on the March 2025 full-year funding law and the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown.

Whitehouse votes No on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); the Rescissions Act of 2025, which cancelled about $9 billion in approved spending; and the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law.

Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the Senate in that time. Whitehouse votes to cancel 0 and against cancelling 20, and did not vote on 4.

Whitehouse votes differently from most Senate Democrats on 1 of 33 Yes and No votes: Yes on the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies.

Whitehouse did not vote on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act; the law that cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category; the law that cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; the law that cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers; and the law that cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.