Politician
United States Senator from North Carolina since 2015
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
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Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Supports holding the line on federal spending and has voted against budgets he considers excessive, favoring fiscal restraint to balance the budget.
Supports voter ID requirements and co-sponsored the SAVE Act, while opposing broad federal mandates that would override state-run mail-in balloting systems and opposing elimination of the legislative filibuster.
🗳 Nay on S2 (2026-06-05)🗳 Nay on S2 (2026-06-04)🗳 Yea on S1383 (2026-03-26)
Supports voter ID laws, citing his role passing one on a bipartisan basis as North Carolina House Speaker.
🗳 Nay on S2 (2026-06-05)🗳 Nay on S2 (2026-06-04)🗳 Yea on S1383 (2026-03-26)
Opposes excessive federal spending and budget bills that would cut Medicaid funding for hospitals and rural communities.
🗳 Yea on SCONRES33 (2026-04-23)🗳 Yea on SCONRES33 (2026-04-23)
Supports secure borders, physical barriers, opposes sanctuary city policies, and favors a merit-based legal immigration system tied to economic and workforce needs.
Supports expanding access to guest worker visa programs like H-2B to address labor shortages in seasonal industries such as agriculture and tourism.
Strongly supports free enterprise and private property rights as central to national economic prosperity.
Serves on the Senate Banking Committee and has downplayed the systemic risk posed by bank failures such as Silicon Valley Bank, emphasizing bipartisan legislative approaches to economic issues.
Supports Israel as a key ally and opposes adversarial states like Iran developing nuclear weapons.
Supports holding the Chinese Communist Party accountable for COVID-19 cover-up and stealing U.S. technology.
Supports the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to lower individual and corporate tax rates for families and businesses.
Supports secure borders including border wall construction, Remain in Mexico, and a merit-based legal immigration system.
Supports prohibiting taxpayer-funded abortions and requiring proper care for infants who survive abortion attempts.
Supports strengthening mail-in ballot integrity but opposes measures that would ban or completely upend mail ballots used in many states.
Supports holding Russia accountable for its illegal invasion of Ukraine and providing necessary aid to defend the democratic world order.
Supports investments in mental health care and efforts to reduce prescription drug costs and out-of-pocket expenses.
