Mike Rounds
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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Rounds 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 Rounds is a member. The rest passed the Senate by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.
Rounds votes Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; 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, Rounds 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; the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies; and the September 2026 funding extension.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the Senate in that time. Rounds votes to cancel 24 and against cancelling 0. The rules Rounds votes to cancel come from: Interior: Bureau of Land Management (7), Environmental Protection Agency (6), 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).
Rounds votes the same way as most Senate Republicans on all 38 of these Yes and No votes.
Votes on laws that passed
What this member says about laws and orders
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Member-requested spending
Congress printed 26 spending items this member requested, $187,385,000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota State University | Public Law 119-37 | South Dakota State University Cottonwood Field Station Renovation and ExpansionNational Institute of Food and Agriculture · Research Facilities Act Program | SD | $2,000,000 |
| South Dakota State University | Public Law 119-37 | South Dakota State University Transient Animal Research Support FacilityNational Institute of Food and Agriculture · Research Facilities Act Program | SD | $500,000 |
| Communicatio ns Center: Design | Public Law 119-37 | Communicatio ns Center: DesignAir Force | None printed | $3,500,000 |
| Munitions Storage Igloos: Design | Public Law 119-37 | Munitions Storage Igloos: DesignAir Force | None printed | $4,000,000 |
| Two Munitions Storage Igloos: Minor Construction | Public Law 119-37 | Two Munitions Storage Igloos: Minor ConstructionAir Force | None printed | $5,400,000 |
| Weapons Generation Facility Dormitory: Design | Public Law 119-37 | Weapons Generation Facility Dormitory: DesignAir Force | None printed | $4,800,000 |
| Aircraft Maintenance Hangar: Design | Public Law 119-37 | Aircraft Maintenance Hangar: DesignAir National Guard | None printed | $1,700,000 |
| Indian Health Faciliti | Public Law 119-74 | es SD Cheyenne River Sanitation Fa ConstructionIndian Heal · th Service | None printed | $6,587,000 |
| Indian Health Faciliti | Public Law 119-74 | es SD Oglala Sioux T Sanitation Fa ConstructionIndian Heal · th Service | None printed | $8,920,000 |
| South Dakota State University | Public Law 119-74 | An Operational System for Monitoring and Forecasting Air Quality from WildfiresDOC · NOAA ORF | None printed | $343,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn County Sheriffs Office | Public Law 119-74 | Jail Tech UpgradesDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $3,920,000 |
| South Dakota Attorney General's Office | Public Law 119-74 | Child Exploitation Investigation Support ProjectDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $675,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains Inc. | Public Law 119-75 | to upgrade and expand early learning centersDOL · Employment and Training Administration | SD | $2,000,000 |
| Avera Health | Public Law 119-75 | for facilities and equipment to support the acquisition and installation of fixed PET/CT scanner and linear acceleratorsHHS · Health Resources and Services Administration | SD | $10,175,000 |
| Bennett County Hospital & Nursing Home | Public Law 119-75 | for facilities and equipment for new hospital construction that will support emergency services, primary care, swing bed services, behavioral health programs, and other ancillary servicesHHS · Health Resources and Services Administration | SD | $2,551,000 |
| Coteau des Prairies Hospital | Public Law 119-75 | for facilities and equipment for replacement and installation of boilers and pump systemsHHS · Health Resources and Services Administration | SD | $1,099,000 |
| Coteau des Prairies Hospital | Public Law 119-75 | for facilities and equipment for replacement and installation of chiller systemHHS · Health Resources and Services Administration | SD | $683,000 |
| South Dakota State University--College of Nursing | Public Law 119-75 | for the purchase of equipment and suppliesED · Higher Education | SD | $2,953,000 |
| South Dakota State University | Public Law 119-75 | for curriculum development, including the purchase of technologyED · Higher Education | SD | $750,000 |
| Sioux Falls Regional Airport Authority (FSD) | Public Law 119-75 | Concourse Expansion ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | SD | $30,000,000 |
| Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) | Public Law 119-75 | Airline Concourse ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | SD | $20,000,000 |
| SD | Public Law 119-75 | Box Elder Regional Transportation Improvement ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | SD | $4,000,000 |
| SD | Public Law 119-75 | SD44 Bridge Replacement and ImprovementDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | SD | $25,000,000 |
| Magdalene Dakota | Public Law 119-75 | Women's Rehabilitation FacilityDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | SD | $829,000 |
| Douglas School District #51-1 | Public Law 119-75 | Douglas Elementary SchoolDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | SD | $42,000,000 |
| Crow Creek Housing Authority | Public Law 119-75 | Crow Creek Housing DevelopmentDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | SD | $3,000,000 |
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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Online ads
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Campaign money
For the 2026 election cycle, Rounds's campaign reports receiving $3,176,450.98 and reports spending $2,309,816.14, as of June 30, 2026.
Confirmed from the official record| What the filing reports | 2026 cycleFEC number S4SD00049as of June 30, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number S4SD00049as of December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Money raised (total receipts) | $3,176,450.98 | $1,084,383.80 |
| Money spent (total disbursements) | $2,309,816.14 | $611,893.88 |
| Cash on hand (at the end of the period) | $2,736,663.91 | $1,870,029.07 |
| Debts (owed by the committee) | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Where it comes from
| Reported as received from | 2026 cycleFEC number S4SD00049as of June 30, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number S4SD00049as of December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals, itemized | $1,291,216.35 | $319,745.92 |
| Individuals, unitemized | $36,974.65 | $22,460.50 |
| Other political committees | $1,381,800.01 | $535,150.00 |
| Party committees | $62,000.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, contributions | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, loans | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Committees
- ROUNDS FOR SENATE Principal campaign committee · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00532465
- THE PETER NORBECK LEADERSHIP PAC Leadership PAC · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00571976
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