DemocratTammy Duckworth
U.S. Senator · Illinois
U.S. Senator from Illinois
12 tracked promises, 5 rated
Illinois
Represents Illinois statewide
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).
- Tammy Duckworth · Other56.8%2,329,136
- Kathy Salvi · Republican41.5%1,701,055
- Bill Redpath · Libertarian1.7%68,671
- 2 Other Candidates0%34
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 indicates legislative activity in veterans' issues, public health, and government oversight. She has sponsored multiple bills related to veterans, such as the Maternal Health for Veterans Act and the Protect Veteran Jobs Act, and has also addressed public health concerns with initiatives like the CARE for Long COVID Act. Additionally, her involvement in committees related to Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs further highlights her legislative activity in these areas. Focus areas (from the record): Veterans · Public Health · Government Oversight · Transportation Safety · Reproductive Health Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Duckworth's sponsored bills and committee memberships align with her declared positions on veterans' issues and public health. Her legislative activity includes the Protect Veteran Jobs Act among other initiatives focused on veterans. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of her sponsored bills; There is no information on her unlogged work or informal influence; The absence of statements limits understanding of her public messaging and priorities. Confidence: high (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 2014. 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.
- Bills sponsored
- 5
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
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Armed ServicesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Armed Services — AirlandOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Armed Services — PersonnelOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Armed Services — Readiness and Management SupportOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Aviation, Space, and InnovationOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and MediaOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and SafetyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Europe and Regional Security CooperationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental PolicyOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International DevelopmentOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
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 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.
- Kept5
- 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
12 promises across 12 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.
- 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
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).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
12 tracked promises
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Pledged to vote 'no' on all remaining top-level Trump Cabinet nominees until the Trump administration halts what she called illegal power grabs.”
“Committed to pass the Right to Contraception Act to establish a statutory right to obtain and use contraception.”
“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.”
“Committed to pass the Inspectors General Independence Act to bar presidents from installing their own political allies as agency inspectors general.”
“Committed to pass the School Bus Safety Act to implement National Transportation Safety Board safety recommendations for school buses.”
“Committed to pass the CARE for Long COVID Act to expand research, resources, and education for Americans living with Long COVID.”
“Committed to pass bipartisan legislation with Senator Lisa Murkowski to reduce hunger among military families by improving access to nutrition assistance.”
“Committed to pass the Pre-Registration of Voters Everywhere (PROVE) Act to help register young Americans to vote and expand voter registration nationwide.”
Verified record
378 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts 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.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $4,563,412, spent $4,556,498, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored S 4950: ITS Codification Act ↗Jul 13, 2026
- Sponsored SRES 790: A resolution recognizing and honoring the 27th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v L.C. ↗Jun 24, 2026
- Sponsored S 4921: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2026 ↗Jun 24, 2026
- Sponsored S 4694: Maternal Health for Veterans Act ↗Jun 4, 2026
- Sponsored S 4609: Strategy for Crisis Management Act of 2026 ↗May 20, 2026
- Sponsored S 4600: South China Sea Strategy Act of 2026 ↗May 20, 2026
- Sponsored S 4514: Corrections Officer Blake Schwarz Suicide Prevention Act of 2026 ↗May 13, 2026
- Sponsored SJRES 173: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-07: Reasonable Investigation of Consumer Reporting Disputes". ↗Apr 13, 2026
- Sponsored S 4247: Guardianship Bill of Rights Act of 2026 ↗Mar 26, 2026
- Sponsored S 4217: Copay Fairness for Veterans Act of 2026 ↗Mar 26, 2026
- Sponsored S 4218: VA Appraisal Modernization Act ↗Mar 26, 2026
- Sponsored S 4194: Inspector General Accessibility Reporting Act ↗Mar 25, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 378 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 858
- Yea
- 246
- Nay
- 552
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 60
Full voting record
858 votes- SJRES198Yea
- PN8518Nay
- PN9304Nay
- PN9304Nay
- S4784Nay
- PN9382Nay
- PN9303Nay
- SJRES185Yea
- PN9382Nay
- SJRES196Yea
- PN9303Nay
- PN9302Nay
- PN9302Nay
- PN9307Nay
- PN9307Nay
- HCONRES86Yea
- PN8593Nay
- HR6644Yea
- PN73033Not voting
- HR6644Not voting
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
12 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.
- 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.
Sourceshttps://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-on-senate-floor-implores-republicans-to-remember-their-oaths-vote-for-her-war-powers-resolution-to-end-trumps-disastrous-war-of-choice-in-iranView 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.
Sourceshttps://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-introduces-bill-to-maintain-integrity-of-independent-government-watchdogsView 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.
Sourceshttps://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-pressley-lead-colleagues-in-renewing-push-to-protect-access-to-reproductive-care-for-low-income-americans-servicemembers-and-millions-moreView 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.
Sourceshttps://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-kim-introduce-legislation-to-reinstate-veterans-who-were-fired-in-trump-and-elon-musks-indiscriminate-federal-employee-purgeView 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.
Sourceshttps://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-cohen-renew-push-to-help-improve-school-bus-safety-and-protect-our-kidsView 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.
Sourceshttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3313696/duckworth-pledges-to-vote-no-on-all-remaining-trump-cabinet-nominees/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.
Sourceshttps://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sens-markey-hirono-duckworth-rep-fletcher-reintroduce-right-to-contraception-actView 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.
Sourceshttps://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-murray-booker-unveil-sweeping-legislative-package-to-establish-a-nationwide-right-to-ivf-and-lower-ivf-costs-for-familiesView 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.
Sourceshttps://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-introduces-new-legislation-to-address-aviation-safety-crisis-by-strengthening-pilot-training-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.
Sourceshttps://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-kaine-markey-reintroduce-bipartisan-bill-to-help-millions-of-americans-living-with-long-covidView 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.
Sourceshttps://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-murkowski-reintroduce-bipartisan-bill-to-tackle-military-hungerView 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.
Sourceshttps://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-re-introduces-legislation-to-expand-voting-rights-and-improve-civic-participationView 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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