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Tina Smith Voting Record and Issue Profile

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U.S. Senator

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Tina Smith2026
MN · In office since 2018Democrat
98%
party alignment
Issue Profile
Climate8 votes
More climate-focused

Based on 8 tracked votes, this profile is more climate-focused, including backing undo recent changes that ended certain tax credits for clean energy projects and backing change when a tax credit for residential clean energy (like solar panels and heat pumps) expires, extending the financial benefit for homeowners who install these systems.

Energy1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including backing create a rule preventing Congress from passing laws that would increase energy costs for Americans, such as making electricity bills, construction materials, or gas more expensive.

Official Position

Clean energy is both smart environmental policy and smart economic policy, and supports federal action to accelerate renewable energy, lower bills, and grow jobs.

Source: Smith Senate - Energy
Healthcare18 votes
More expansion-focused

Based on 18 tracked votes, this profile is more expansion-focused, including backing cut the Pentagon's budget by 10 percent and use that money to expand dental care services for veterans at the VA and backing reduce prescription drug prices to half their current cost for Medicare patients and expand Medicare coverage to include dental, vision, and hearing services.

Abortion / Reproductive Rights1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including backing set aside budget room to protect and expand access to fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization by making them more affordable and widely covered across the country.

Official Position

Anti-abortion efforts threaten reproductive freedom nationwide and supports repealing old laws and adopting new protections that keep abortion care legal and accessible.

Source: Smith Senate - Repeal the Comstock Act
Economy / Taxes3 votes
More tax-cut focused

Based on 3 tracked votes, this profile is more tax-cut focused, including backing modify a budget resolution to include tax cuts aimed at middle-class Americans and backing block tax cuts for wealthy individuals and use the savings to help families afford food and basic necessities.

Jobs / Labor2 votes
More labor-supportive

Based on 2 tracked votes, this profile is more labor-supportive, including backing change Senate rules to allow raising the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour with only a simple majority vote, instead of the 60 votes currently required and backing set aside money in the federal budget to potentially protect federal workers' rights to join unions and negotiate contracts without increasing the overall deficit.

Gun Policy1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including backing the federal government to collect and report data on veterans who die by suicide using firearms and would have been flagged in the background check system if they had tried to buy a gun.

Official Position

Congress must take action on gun violence and supports universal background checks, assault-weapons restrictions, and other commonsense reforms to keep communities safer.

Source: Smith Senate - Take Action on Gun Violence
Government Reform / Democracy4 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 4 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including opposing end debate in the Senate to allow a vote on an amendment that would require voters to show a photo ID when voting and opposing require the President to appoint and the Senate to confirm the Inspector General positions at the Federal Reserve and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, instead of allowing these agencies to choose their own inspectors.

Immigration13 votes
Mixed

Mixed. Across 13 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including backing take back money that was allocated to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and make changes to the Medicaid health insurance program for low-income people and opposing cut off all federal funding for programs that help refugees and people entering the United States resettle and get assistance.

Trade1 votes
Not enough tracked votes yet

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including backing set aside budget room to fund measures that would stop Trump's proposed tariffs from making groceries and everyday items more expensive for American families.

Official Position

U.S. trade policy should better protect American workers and producers from unfair foreign practices while expanding market access for Minnesota exporters.

Source: Smith Senate - Strengthen Trade Laws, Protect American Workers
Foreign Policy4 votes
More aggressive on foreign policy

Based on 4 tracked votes, this profile is more aggressive on foreign policy, including backing ensure that the United States continues providing military and financial aid to Ukraine without any interruptions or delays and backing set aside money in the federal budget to create rules preventing military personnel from using commercial messaging apps (like WhatsApp or Signal) to share details about upcoming military operations, such as when attacks will happen, their order, or what weapons will be used.