RepublicanLindsey Graham
U.S. Senator · South Carolina
U.S. Senator from South Carolina
10 tracked promises, 7 rated
South Carolina
Represents South Carolina statewide
How they won their seat
Lindsey Graham won the 2020 U.S. Senate election in South Carolina with 54.4% of the vote (1,369,137 votes).
- Lindsey Graham · Republican54.4%1,369,137
- Jaime Harrison · Democrat44.2%1,110,828
- 2 Other Candidates1.4%35,139
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Lindsey Graham's record includes legislation related to national security, immigration, and fiscal policy. He has sponsored multiple bills related to foreign policy, such as the 'Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025' and the 'Save the Kurds Act', as well as legislation aimed at immigration control, including the 'End Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026'. His involvement in various appropriations committees indicates a significant engagement with budgetary matters. Focus areas (from the record): National Security · Immigration · Fiscal Policy · Foreign Policy · Technology Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. Graham's sponsored bills include those on national security and immigration, such as the 'Authorization for Use of Military Force against ISIL' and the 'NARCOS Act'. There are partial alignments with technology-related promises, such as the 'EARN IT Act', though specific outcomes related to these promises are not detailed. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills; There is no information on the impact of his committee work; The record does not provide insight into his interactions with constituents or public statements. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Lindsey Graham has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2020. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Lindsey Graham has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 30
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$62K3%
- Large individual (itemized)$1.2M64%
- PAC / committee$604K33%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on AppropriationsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related AgenciesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of DefenseOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations — Energy and Water DevelopmentOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related AgenciesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations — State, Foreign Operations, and Related ProgramsOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related AgenciesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory OversightOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and SafetyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Transportation and InfrastructureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on the BudgetOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Crime and CounterterrorismOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal RightsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Border Security and ImmigrationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Privacy, Technology, and the LawOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+31 · based on 7 rated promises
- Hostile 1
- Attempted 1
- Partial 2
- Championed 1
- Fully Kept 2
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2015 · 7 rated promisesEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept6
- Against1
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
10 promises across 10 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Abortion1
- Fiscal Policy / Budget1
- Foreign Policy / Russia Sanctions1
- Foreign Policy / Russia-Ukraine1
- Immigration / Drug Cartels1
- Judiciary / Supreme Court1
- National Security / Drug Cartels1
- National Security / ISIS1
- Technology / Child Safety1
- Technology / Section 2301
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)10100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
10 tracked promises
“Pass the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, which would impose a 500 percent tariff on goods from countries that buy Russian oil, gas, uranium, and other products, as leverage to force Russia into good-faith peace negotiations over Ukraine.”
“Introduce and advance federal legislation (the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act) to ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life/physical health of the mother.”
“Commit that if a Supreme Court vacancy occurred in the last year of a Republican president's term, he would let the next president make the nomination, explicitly inviting the public to hold him to it.”
“Pass the Sunset Section 230 Act to repeal Section 230 liability immunity for social media companies two years after enactment so that people harmed online can sue the platforms.”
“Advance legislation to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism under U.S. law if it does not return the more than 19,000 Ukrainian children it is accused of kidnapping during the war.”
“Pass the NARCOS Act to designate nine specific Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations under U.S. law so the U.S. can pursue their financiers and Chinese suppliers in court.”
“Introduce an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) that would set the stage for the U.S. military to strike drug labs and cartel networks inside Mexico.”
“Reintroduce and pass the EARN IT Act to remove blanket Section 230 legal immunity from tech platforms for child sexual abuse material and let victims and families take legal action.”
“Introduce an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against ISIL that places no limits on time, geography, or means in the fight against the group.”
“Sign the Cut, Cap, and Balance Pledge, committing to make substantial cuts in spending, enforce statutory spending caps, and pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution before voting to increase the debt limit.”
Verified record
453 sponsored billsFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored SRES 786: A resolution designating July 15, 2026, as "Glioblastoma Awareness Day". ↗Jun 23, 2026
- Sponsored S 4671: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2026 ↗Jun 3, 2026
- Sponsored S 2: Secure America Act ↗May 20, 2026
- Sponsored S 4533: Coast Guard Personnel Equipment Act ↗May 14, 2026
- Sponsored S 4462: Logan's Law ↗Apr 30, 2026
- Sponsored S 4452: Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act ↗Apr 30, 2026
- Sponsored S 4430: White House Safety and Security Act of 2026 ↗Apr 29, 2026
- Sponsored SCONRES 33: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035. ↗Apr 21, 2026
- Sponsored S 3859: A bill to amend the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act of 1993 with respect to future membership in the Catawba Indian Nation. ↗Feb 12, 2026
- Sponsored S 3805: End Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026 ↗Feb 9, 2026
- Sponsored S 3781: A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War ↗Feb 4, 2026
- Sponsored S 3765: Medal of Sacrifice Act ↗Feb 3, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 453 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 851
- Yea
- 575
- Nay
- 219
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 57
Full voting record
851 votes- SJRES185Nay
- PN9382Yea
- SJRES196Nay
- PN9303Yea
- PN9302Yea
- PN9302Yea
- PN9307Yea
- PN9307Yea
- HCONRES86Nay
- PN8593Not voting
- HR6644Not voting
- PN73033Yea
- HR6644Yea
- SRES616Nay
- PN73033Yea
- PN9018Yea
- PN9018Yea
- HR6644Yea
- SJRES172Nay
- SJRES190Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
10 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- Technology / Section 230Stated position
Pass the Sunset Section 230 Act to repeal Section 230 liability immunity for social media companies two years after enactment so that people harmed online can sue the platforms.
Sourceshttps://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/grassley-graham-bipartisan-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-sunset-section-230-protect-americans-onlineView position & sources → - Foreign Policy / Russia-UkraineStated position
Advance legislation to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism under U.S. law if it does not return the more than 19,000 Ukrainian children it is accused of kidnapping during the war.
Sourceshttps://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2025/9/graham-blumenthal-britt-and-klobuchar-introduce-legislation-to-designate-russia-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-if-they-don-t-return-kidnapped-ukrainian-childrenView position & sources → - Foreign Policy / Russia SanctionsStated position
Pass the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, which would impose a 500 percent tariff on goods from countries that buy Russian oil, gas, uranium, and other products, as leverage to force Russia into good-faith peace negotiations over Ukraine.
Sourceshttps://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=3D495158-CF7D-4833-A2DB-9E5558843F1BView position & sources → - Technology / Child SafetyStated position
Reintroduce and pass the EARN IT Act to remove blanket Section 230 legal immunity from tech platforms for child sexual abuse material and let victims and families take legal action.
Sourceshttps://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/graham-blumenthal-reintroduce-earn-it-actView position & sources → - Immigration / Drug CartelsStated position
Pass the NARCOS Act to designate nine specific Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations under U.S. law so the U.S. can pursue their financiers and Chinese suppliers in court.
Sourceshttps://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=EA872F7D-EA73-4197-89A7-EFA255238C63View position & sources → - National Security / Drug CartelsStated position
Introduce an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) that would set the stage for the U.S. military to strike drug labs and cartel networks inside Mexico.
Sourceshttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/sen-graham-calls-fury-might-us-unleashed-mexican-cartels-eyes-military-actionView position & sources → - AbortionStated position
Introduce and advance federal legislation (the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act) to ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life/physical health of the mother.
Sourceshttps://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=8F99177C-2BD3-44CA-9D7F-E86AA1A25BF9View position & sources → - Judiciary / Supreme CourtStated position
Commit that if a Supreme Court vacancy occurred in the last year of a Republican president's term, he would let the next president make the nomination, explicitly inviting the public to hold him to it.
Sourceshttps://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-earlier-vowed-president-their-last-year-1st-term-shouldnt-fill-supreme-court-1533070View position & sources → - National Security / ISISStated position
Introduce an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against ISIL that places no limits on time, geography, or means in the fight against the group.
Sourceshttps://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2015/12/graham-to-introduce-authorization-for-use-of-military-force-against-isilView position & sources → - Fiscal Policy / BudgetStated position
Sign the Cut, Cap, and Balance Pledge, committing to make substantial cuts in spending, enforce statutory spending caps, and pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution before voting to increase the debt limit.
Sourceshttps://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=BD70E222-802A-23AD-4974-C8963A09742DView position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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