RepublicanMike Lee
U.S. Senator · Utah
U.S. Senator from Utah
10 tracked promises, 7 rated
Utah
Represents Utah statewide
How they won their seat
Mike Lee won the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Utah with 53.2% of the vote (571,974 votes).
- Mike Lee · Republican53.2%571,974
- Evan McMullin · Other42.7%459,958
- James Arthur Hansen · Libertarian3%31,784
- 2 Other Candidates1.1%12,345
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
Mike Lee's record includes sponsorship of bills aimed at reducing federal oversight, such as the Davis-Bacon Repeal Act and the Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act, while also advocating for election integrity through the SAVE Act. He has voted in favor of a balanced budget amendment and opposed government funding without border security. Focus areas (from the record): Limited Government · Fiscal Responsibility · Civil Liberties · Election Integrity · Public Lands Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Lee has sponsored bills like the Balanced Budget Amendment and the Davis-Bacon Repeal Act, which reflect his positions on limited government and fiscal policy. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of his sponsored bills, as none have become law; The impact of his declared positions on actual policy outcomes; Any unlogged work or informal efforts that may not be reflected in the official record. Confidence: high (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Mike Lee 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 2013. 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 Mike Lee 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. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 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)$766K36%
- Large individual (itemized)$1.1M53%
- PAC / committee$230K11%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — EnergyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — National ParksOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Public Lands, Forests, and MiningOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Water and PowerOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity PolicyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental PolicyOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and CounterterrorismOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the BudgetOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer RightsOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal RightsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Intellectual PropertyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — the ConstitutionOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+70 · based on 7 rated promises
- Attempted 1
- Championed 5
- Fully Kept 1
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 2017 · 7 rated promisesThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 100 |
| Jul 2026 | 91 |
| Jul 2026 | 86 |
| Jul 2026 | 83 |
| Jul 2026 | 68 |
| Jul 2026 | 69 |
| Jul 2026 | 70 |
| Jan 2029 | 70 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept7
- Against0
- 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.
- Elections / voter eligibility1
- Federal budget / fiscal policy1
- Immigration / government funding1
- Labor / federal regulation1
- Limited government / federal reform1
- Monetary policy / Federal Reserve1
- Privacy / financial surveillance1
- Public lands / housing1
- Senate procedure / nominations1
- Surveillance / civil liberties1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)880%
- Reputable news220%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
10 tracked promises
“Pledged not to vote to fund the federal government until the southern border is secured, and urged other members of Congress to make the same commitment.”
“Committed to enact a constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment requiring the federal government to balance its budget each year, casting it as the starting point for eliminating deficits and reducing the national debt; he has repeatedly introduced the amendment (most recently with Sen. Chuck Grassley in 2023).”
“Committed, through his HOUSES Act, to make small tracts of federal (BLM) land available for sale to states and local communities to address housing shortages and affordability.”
“Introduced the Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act, committing to abolish the Federal Reserve, which he argues enables unchecked government spending.”
“Joined nine other Republican senators in pledging to stop cooperating with Democratic legislative priorities and to block confirmation of the administration's political and judicial nominees, following the Trump New York verdict.”
“Committed to work to restore the federal government to a 'constitutionally limited scope,' specifically by supporting a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits, earmark reform, entitlement reform, peace through military strength, and energy independence.”
“Committed to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act (the federal construction prevailing-wage law), repeatedly reintroducing his Davis-Bacon Repeal Act on the argument it inflates federal spending and hurts workers.”
“Committed to push Congress to pass the SAVE (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) Act and related election-integrity legislation, framing passage as urgent after a Supreme Court ruling on mail ballots.”
“Committed, via his bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act, to condition any reauthorization of FISA Section 702 on adding warrant requirements and statutory penalties for privacy violations.”
“Introduced the Saving Privacy Act, committing to end federal government surveillance of Americans' financial activities and keep agencies within constitutional bounds.”
Verified record
599 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 S 5000: A bill to authorize the President of the United States to issue cyber letters of marque and reprisal, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 15, 2026
- Sponsored S 4931: End EPA Abuse Act of 2026 ↗Jun 24, 2026
- Sponsored S 4787: FEAT Act ↗Jun 15, 2026
- Sponsored S 4753: Port Modernization and Supply Chain Protection Act ↗Jun 11, 2026
- Sponsored S 4755: DEEP Act ↗Jun 11, 2026
- Sponsored S 4758: Incentivizing the Expansion of U.S. Ports Act ↗Jun 11, 2026
- Sponsored S 4756: Allied Partnership and Port Modernization Act ↗Jun 11, 2026
- Sponsored S 4708: Arctic Security and Diplomacy Act ↗Jun 8, 2026
- Sponsored S 4649: Email Privacy Act ↗Jun 1, 2026
- Sponsored S 4626: PERFECT Act of 2026 ↗May 21, 2026
- Sponsored S 4477: Davis-Bacon Repeal Act ↗Apr 30, 2026
- Sponsored S 4390: Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act ↗Apr 27, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 599 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 890
- Yea
- 623
- Nay
- 241
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 26
Full voting record
890 votes- S5271Yea
- PN1078Yea
- PN1078Yea
- HR6500Yea
- HR6500Yea
- HR6500Yea
- PN73011Yea
- HR5334Yea
- HR5334Nay
- SJRES187Nay
- PN73011Yea
- PN932Yea
- PN932Yea
- HR6500Yea
- SRES817Yea
- SJRES181Nay
- SJRES199Nay
- SRES817Yea
- HR5334Yea
- HR5334Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
12 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Public lands / housingStated position
Committed, through his HOUSES Act, to make small tracts of federal (BLM) land available for sale to states and local communities to address housing shortages and affordability.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Mike Lee (lee.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Limited government / federal reformStated position
Committed to work to restore the federal government to a 'constitutionally limited scope,' specifically by supporting a balanced budget amendment, congressional term limits, earmark reform, entitlement reform, peace through military strength, and energy independence.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Mike Lee (lee.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Elections / voter eligibilityStated position
Committed to push Congress to pass the SAVE (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) Act and related election-integrity legislation, framing passage as urgent after a Supreme Court ruling on mail ballots.
SourcesDeseret NewsView position & sources → - Surveillance / civil libertiesStated position
Committed, via his bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act, to condition any reauthorization of FISA Section 702 on adding warrant requirements and statutory penalties for privacy violations.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Mike Lee (lee.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Privacy / financial surveillanceStated position
Introduced the Saving Privacy Act, committing to end federal government surveillance of Americans' financial activities and keep agencies within constitutional bounds.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Mike Lee (lee.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Monetary policy / Federal ReserveStated position
Introduced the Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act, committing to abolish the Federal Reserve, which he argues enables unchecked government spending.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Mike Lee (lee.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Senate procedure / nominationsStated position
Joined nine other Republican senators in pledging to stop cooperating with Democratic legislative priorities and to block confirmation of the administration's political and judicial nominees, following the Trump New York verdict.
SourcesDeseret NewsView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting YEA on Paul Amendment No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to append the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act to the bill. The amendment was rejected 31 to 61, a three-fifths majority being required.
SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 144, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Paul Amdt. No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 31 yeas to 61 nays with a three-fifths majority required, April 19, 2024.View position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting YEA on Durbin Amendment No. 1841, as modified, to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to prohibit warrantless access to the communications and other information of United States persons. The amendment was rejected 42 to 50.
SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 148, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Durbin Amdt. No. 1841 as Modified to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 42 yeas to 50 nays, April 19, 2024.View position & sources → - Labor / federal regulationStated position
Committed to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act (the federal construction prevailing-wage law), repeatedly reintroducing his Davis-Bacon Repeal Act on the argument it inflates federal spending and hurts workers.
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Mike Lee (lee.senate.gov)· archivedView position & sources → - Immigration / government fundingStated position
Pledged not to vote to fund the federal government until the southern border is secured, and urged other members of Congress to make the same commitment.
SourcesDeseret NewsLegitPoliticView position & sources → - Federal budget / fiscal policyStated position
Committed to enact a constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment requiring the federal government to balance its budget each year, casting it as the starting point for eliminating deficits and reducing the national debt; he has repeatedly introduced the amendment (most recently with Sen. Chuck Grassley in 2023).
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Mike Lee (lee.senate.gov)· archivedView 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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