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Tammy Duckworth

DemocratTammy Duckworth

U.S. Senator · Illinois

DemocratFederal

U.S. Senator from Illinois

12 tracked promises, 5 rated

Illinois

Illinois

Represents Illinois statewide

83/100
Trust rating
Strongly keeps promises
83
0 · Broken50 · Mixed100 · Kept
A transparent rescale of the Integrity Score (+66) to 0–100, aggregated from 5 rated promises. Never an opaque single score.
How this is calculated →

How they won their seat

Tammy Duckworth won the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Illinois with 56.8% of the vote (2,329,136 votes).

56.8%
Win share
2,329,136
Votes for winner
4,098,896
Total cast
  • Tammy Duckworth · Other56.8%
  • Kathy Salvi · Republican41.5%
  • Bill Redpath · Libertarian1.7%
  • 2 Other Candidates0%

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

Tammy Duckworth's record includes legislation related to veterans' issues, reproductive health, and government oversight. She has sponsored multiple bills related to veterans, such as the Protect Veteran Jobs Act and the Maternal Health for Veterans Act, and has also introduced legislation aimed at reproductive health, including the Right to Contraception Act and the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Healthcare Act. Additionally, her committee memberships include memberships in committees related to oversight and international relations. Focus areas (from the record): Veterans · Reproductive Health · Government Oversight · Transportation Safety · Foreign Policy Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. There is a correlation between Duckworth's sponsored bills and her declared positions on veterans' issues and reproductive health, as seen in her support for the Protect Veteran Jobs Act and the Right to Contraception Act. However, positions such as the School Bus Safety Act and the CARE for Long COVID Act are noted but do not have corresponding sponsored bills. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of her sponsored bills is not assessed in this record; There is no information on her unlogged work or informal influence; The motivations behind her legislative choices cannot be determined. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Tammy Duckworth 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 Tammy Duckworth 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

3bills sponsored
3 awaiting status
01234Bills2013: 3 awaiting status32013

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

0%
0 of 0 sponsored bills became law

Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$8.2M
Raised, 20162026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5M2016: raised $386K2016: spent $1.4M20162024: raised $4.6M2024: spent $3.4M20242026: raised $3.2M2026: spent $2.3M20262016: cash on hand $02024: cash on hand $02026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $538K (21%)21%Large individual (itemized): $1.1M (41%)41%PAC / committee: $966K (38%)38%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$538K21%
  • Large individual (itemized)$1.1M41%
  • PAC / committee$966K38%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Source: Congress.gov.

Integrity

Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown

+66 · based on 5 rated promises

  • Attempted 1
  • Championed 4

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 · 5 rated promises

The line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.

−100 worked against0+100 kept
Integrity Score by assessment date. Score ranges from −100 (worked against) to +100 (kept).
DateIntegrity Score
Jul 202675
Jul 202648
Jul 202661
Jul 202665
Jul 202666
Jan 202966 (current, held from last rating)

Promise status over time

How the tracked promise record has evolved.

5 tracked
  • Kept5
  • Against0
  • No opportunity0
  • In progress0
0246Jul 2026Jul 2026Jul 2026

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.

Not yet scoredNot yet rated 7— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

Topic coverage

12 promises across 12 topics

What 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.

  • Aviation safety1
  • Executive nominations / Senate confirmations1
  • Government oversight / Inspectors general1
  • Military families / Food security1
  • Public health / Long COVID1
  • Reproductive health / Abortion coverage1
  • Reproductive health / Contraception1
  • Reproductive health / IVF1
  • Transportation / Child safety1
  • Veterans / Federal workforce1
  • Voting rights1
  • War powers / Foreign policy1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)1192%
  • Reputable news18%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

10
20
35
45
52

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

12 tracked promises

Championedhigh confidence

Committed to enact the Right to IVF Act, a legislative package to establish a nationwide legal right to in-vitro fertilization and lower IVF costs for families, including military families and veterans.

Reproductive health / IVFSpecific · measurablePromised Jun 2024
SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archivedUS Senate· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth· archived
Championedhigh confidence

Committed to pass the Experienced Pilots Save Lives Act to strengthen the quality of flight hours required under the 1,500-hour pilot-training rule for commercial passenger flights.

Aviation safetySpecific · measurablePromised Jul 2023
SourcesCongress.gov (Library of Congress)Quiver Quantitative (bill tracker)U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
Attemptedhigh confidence

Committed to pass the CARE for Long COVID Act to expand research, resources, and education for Americans living with Long COVID.

Public health / Long COVIDPromised Mar 2023
SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archivedCongress.gov (Library of Congress)· archivedGovTrack.us
Championedhigh confidence

Committed to pass bipartisan legislation with Senator Lisa Murkowski to reduce hunger among military families by improving access to nutrition assistance.

Military families / Food securityPromised Feb 2023
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski· archivedCongress.gov / Library of Congress· archivedGovTrack.usU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
Championedhigh confidence

Committed to pass the Pre-Registration of Voters Everywhere (PROVE) Act to help register young Americans to vote and expand voter registration nationwide.

Voting rightsPromised Apr 2022
SourcesCongress.gov, Library of Congress (S.4085, 117th Congress)· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (duckworth.senate.gov)· archivedCongress.gov, Library of Congress (S.4461, 118th Congress)U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Committed to call up her War Powers Resolution on the Senate floor to force a vote demanding the Trump administration end U.S. military action against Iran and submit to congressional oversight.

War powers / Foreign policySpecific · measurablePromised Apr 2026
SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)
Not yet rated

Committed to pass the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Healthcare (EACH) Act to protect access to abortion coverage regardless of income, insurance, or zip code.

Reproductive health / Abortion coverageSpecific · measurablePromised Jul 2025
SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Committed to pass the Protect Veteran Jobs Act to reinstate veterans fired during the federal-employee reductions and require the administration to report removals of veteran employees to Congress quarterly.

Veterans / Federal workforceSpecific · measurablePromised Mar 2025
SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Pledged to vote 'no' on all remaining top-level Trump Cabinet nominees until the Trump administration halts what she called illegal power grabs.

Executive nominations / Senate confirmationsSpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2025
SourcesWashington Examiner
Not yet rated

Committed to pass the Right to Contraception Act to establish a statutory right to obtain and use contraception.

Reproductive health / ContraceptionSpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2025
SourcesU.S. Senator Ed Markey (Senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Committed to pass the Inspectors General Independence Act to bar presidents from installing their own political allies as agency inspectors general.

Government oversight / Inspectors generalPromised Jan 2026
SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Committed to pass the School Bus Safety Act to implement National Transportation Safety Board safety recommendations for school buses.

Transportation / Child safetyPromised Mar 2025
SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived

Verified record

378 sponsored bills · finance on file

Facts 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.

Campaign financeas of Dec 31, 2006

FEC 2026 cycle — raised $4,563,412, spent $4,556,498, cash on hand $0.

View the FEC filing ↗

Voting record

Total votes
890
Yea
257
Nay
573
Present
0
Not voting
60

Full voting record

890 votes
  • PN1078Nay
  • PN1078Nay
  • PN73011Nay
  • PN73011Nay
  • PN932Nay
  • PN932Nay
120 of 890
Page 1 / 45

Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Positions on record

15 positions on record

The 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.

  • War powers / Foreign policyStated position

    Committed to call up her War Powers Resolution on the Senate floor to force a vote demanding the Trump administration end U.S. military action against Iran and submit to congressional oversight.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)
    View position & sources
  • Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position

    On record asserting that the government ordinarily must obtain a judicial warrant to compel cell phone location data, and urging the DHS Inspector General to open a second investigation into ICE and other DHS components purchasing Americans' location data from commercial data brokers without one.

    SourcesBicameral letter to DHS Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari requesting a second investigation of warrantless purchases of Americans' cell phone location data by ICE and other DHS components
    View position & sources
  • Government oversight / Inspectors generalStated position

    Committed to pass the Inspectors General Independence Act to bar presidents from installing their own political allies as agency inspectors general.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Reproductive health / Abortion coverageStated position

    Committed to pass the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Healthcare (EACH) Act to protect access to abortion coverage regardless of income, insurance, or zip code.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Veterans / Federal workforceStated position

    Committed to pass the Protect Veteran Jobs Act to reinstate veterans fired during the federal-employee reductions and require the administration to report removals of veteran employees to Congress quarterly.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Transportation / Child safetyStated position

    Committed to pass the School Bus Safety Act to implement National Transportation Safety Board safety recommendations for school buses.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Executive nominations / Senate confirmationsStated position

    Pledged to vote 'no' on all remaining top-level Trump Cabinet nominees until the Trump administration halts what she called illegal power grabs.

    SourcesWashington Examiner
    View position & sources
  • Reproductive health / ContraceptionStated position

    Committed to pass the Right to Contraception Act to establish a statutory right to obtain and use contraception.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Ed Markey (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Reproductive health / IVFStated position

    Committed to enact the Right to IVF Act, a legislative package to establish a nationwide legal right to in-vitro fertilization and lower IVF costs for families, including military families and veterans.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote

    On record voting NAY 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 NAY 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
  • Aviation safetyStated position

    Committed to pass the Experienced Pilots Save Lives Act to strengthen the quality of flight hours required under the 1,500-hour pilot-training rule for commercial passenger flights.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Public health / Long COVIDStated position

    Committed to pass the CARE for Long COVID Act to expand research, resources, and education for Americans living with Long COVID.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Military families / Food securityStated position

    Committed to pass bipartisan legislation with Senator Lisa Murkowski to reduce hunger among military families by improving access to nutrition assistance.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Voting rightsStated position

    Committed to pass the Pre-Registration of Voters Everywhere (PROVE) Act to help register young Americans to vote and expand voter registration nationwide.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

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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