Senator · Montana
Steve Daines
Steve Daines is a Republican senator from Montana, in Congress since 2013. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 26, and cast 815 of 816 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- Senate
- Current
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2013
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2027
Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th CongressSenate | 915 | 2.8%26 of 915 · rank 38 of 101 | 100%815 of 816 · rank 15 of 101 | 661 became law | 23%80 of 354 |
| 118th CongressSenate | 691 | 5.6%39 of 691 · rank 27 of 101 | 96%489 of 508 · rank 64 of 101 | 581 became law | 27%120 of 450 |
| 117th CongressSenate | 949 | 5.5%52 of 949 · rank 26 of 100 | 97%698 of 721 · rank 61 of 100 | 680 became law | 31%124 of 406 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Liberal −1+0.59+1 Conservative
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- Apr 5, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 48–51· Against party
- Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–50· Against party
- Mar 7, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 69–30· Against party
- Jul 27, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 61–37· Against party
- Jul 19, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 65–28· Against party
- Mar 29, 2023· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 66–30· Against party
- Mar 28, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 38–57· Against party
- Mar 28, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 31–65· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
- Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
- Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
- Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
- Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
192 sponsored · 2 became law
How far they got
- Introduced14777%
- Reported by committee126.3%
- Passed one chamber3016%
- Sent to the President10.5%
- Became law21.0%
Policy areas
- Public Lands and Natural Resources22
- Health16
- International Affairs16
- Energy14
- Taxation14
- Native Americans13
- Armed Forces and National Security12
- Government Operations and Politics10
Latest activity
- S. 240 Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025Sent to the President· Native Americans· Oct 5, 2026
- S. 5616 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the treatment of digital assets.Introduced· Sep 30, 2026
- S. 239 Crow Revenue ActReported by committee· Native Americans· Sep 28, 2026
- S.Res. 816 A resolution honoring 35 years of independence for the countries of Central Asia and recognizing the importance of the United States growing relationship with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.Passed one chamber· International Affairs· Sep 17, 2026
- S. 4041 Cooperative Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act of 2026Reported by committee· Water Resources Development· Sep 17, 2026
- S. 5048 Hydropower Licensing Affordability ActIntroduced· Energy· Sep 16, 2026
- S. 4489 Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authorization ActIntroduced· Water Resources Development· Sep 16, 2026
- S.Res. 837 A resolution designating the week of August 22 through August 30, 2026, as "National Park Week".Passed one chamber· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Aug 6, 2026
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Current seats
- National ParksChairman
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2026 cycle
- Raised
- $4.7M
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $2.6M
- From committees
- $897.6K
- 323 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $246.2K
- 83 PACs · 27% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nextera energy, incnextera energy, inc. political action committee | $9,000 | NEXTERA ENERGY SERVICES MAINE, LLCAI match · 95% · of one corporate family | $1.4M |
| pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i | $7,500 | PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization | $4.8M |
| google llcgoogle llc netpac | $6,500 | GOOGLE LLCAI match · 94% · the same organization | $9.1M |
| healthequity, inc.healthequity, inc. purple political action committee (healthequity purple political action committee) | $5,500 | HEALTHEQUITY, INC.AI match · 97% · the same organization | $26.9M |
| american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee | $5,000 | AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization | $78.5K |
| mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac) | $5,000 | MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | $125K |
| black & veatch corporationblack & veatch political action committee (black & veatch pac) | $5,000 | BLACK & VEATCH SPECIAL PROJECTS CORP.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $10M |
| the coca-cola companythe coca-cola company nonpartisan committee for good government | $5,000 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization | $2.5M |
| international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac | $5,000 | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization | $5,280 |
| chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation | $5,000 | CHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $713.4K |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $4.7M | $897.6K | $246.2K83 PACs · 27% of committee money |
| 2024 | $1.7M | $789.5K | $185.5K58 PACs · 23% of committee money |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $454K | $101.3K38 PACs · 22% of committee money |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- Senate · MontanaJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027
- Senate · MontanaJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2021
- House · Montana (at large)Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- www.daines.senate.gov
- Phone
- 202-224-2651
- Office
- 320 Hart Senate Office Building
- Contact form
- Contact form
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.