RepublicanTim Sheehy
U.S. Senator · Montana
U.S. Senator from Montana
14 tracked promises, 12 rated
Montana
Represents Montana statewide
How they won their seat
Tim Sheehy won the 2024 U.S. Senate election in Montana with 52.6% of the vote (319,682 votes).
- Tim Sheehy · Republican52.6%319,682
- Jon Tester · Democrat45.5%276,305
- 2 Other Candidates1.9%11,275
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
Tim Sheehy's record includes sponsorship of bills such as the Veterans Health Administration Novel Therapeutics Preparedness Act and the Fire Ready Nation Act, which address veterans' affairs and disaster response. He has also sponsored the JAIL Act, which relates to accountability in the judiciary and has engaged in issues concerning public lands. Focus areas (from the record): Veterans Affairs · Disaster Response · Energy Independence · Public Lands · Judiciary Accountability Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. Sheehy's sponsored bills align with his declared positions on veterans and disaster response. There is no evidence provided regarding discrepancies in his commitment to ethics and lobbying reform, nor is there evidence regarding his actions related to a lifetime lobbyist ban. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of his sponsored bills; There is no information on his engagement with constituents or public opinion; The record does not indicate how his campaign finance sources may influence his legislative priorities. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Tim Sheehy 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.
Activity in office
What Tim Sheehy 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.
- Votes cast
- 858
- Voted yea
- 617
- Voted nay
- 217
- Bills sponsored
- 67
- Committees
- 9
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Monthly voting activity
- Yea
- Nay
- Total
Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.
Vote attendance
Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. 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.
Independence
How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.
Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$264K19%
- Large individual (itemized)$746K53%
- PAC / committee$395K28%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Armed ServicesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Armed Services — Emerging Threats and CapabilitiesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Armed Services — Readiness and Management SupportOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Armed Services — SeapowerOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Aviation, Space, and InnovationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and MediaOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Coast Guard, Maritime, and FisheriesOn 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+54 · based on 12 rated promises
- Misaligned 1
- Ignored 1
- Attempted 1
- Partial 5
- Championed 2
- 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 2025 · 12 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.
- Kept10
- Against2
- 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
14 promises across 14 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.
- Congressional ethics1
- Crime / judiciary1
- Energy1
- Ethics / lobbying1
- Federal budget / fiscal policy1
- Foreign aid1
- Immigration / border security1
- IVF / reproductive health1
- Personal ethics / conflicts of interest1
- Public lands1
- Term limits / accountability1
- Term limits / congressional reform1
- Veterans1
- Wildfire / disaster response1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)1393%
- Reputable news17%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
14 tracked promises
“Pledged to oppose any federal transfer or sale of U.S. public lands.”
“Pledged to work to ban individual stock, bond, commodity, and other securities trading by members of Congress and their spouses.”
“Pledged, as a senator, to seek congressional term limits of three House terms and two Senate terms.”
“Committed to finishing the border wall, securing the border, and ending illegal immigration.”
“Committed to holding judges and government officials accountable for releasing violent offenders, sponsoring the JAIL Act.”
“Committed to helping veterans access the VA Home Loan program, introducing the VA Home Loan Awareness Act to that end.”
“Pledged, upon election, to place all his stocks, bonds, commodities, and other securities into a blind trust.”
“Pledged to work to impose a lifetime lobbyist ban on former members of Congress.”
“Committed to passing legislation to withhold pay from members of Congress who fail to pass a balanced budget.”
“Pledged to support access to IVF and to fight any effort to restrict IVF treatments.”
“Committed to improving wildfire prediction and response, sponsoring the Fire Ready Nation Act to create a NOAA fire-weather program.”
“Committed to opposing further open-ended U.S. financial aid to Ukraine and to regimes such as Iran.”
“Committed to unleashing all forms of American energy to make the U.S. energy independent.”
“Pledged not to become a long-term Washington fixture, promising to finish the job and return home rather than make a career of the Senate.”
Verified record
67 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 $1,418,620, spent $1,856,246, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored S 4969: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of educational assistance paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to an eligible individual during the first year of a full-time program of apprenticeship or other on-job training. ↗Jul 14, 2026
- Sponsored S 4824: Wildland Firefighter Hazard Pay Correction Act ↗Jun 18, 2026
- Sponsored S 4807: Honor Gold Star Families Act ↗Jun 17, 2026
- Sponsored S 4794: Precision Agriculture Cybersecurity Act ↗Jun 16, 2026
- Sponsored S 4688: CHEERS Act of 2026 ↗Jun 4, 2026
- Sponsored S 4691: Disaster Communications Coordination and Preparedness Act ↗Jun 4, 2026
- Sponsored S 4491: Biodefense Diplomacy Enhancement Act ↗May 12, 2026
- Sponsored S 4473: China-Africa Mining Transparency Act ↗Apr 30, 2026
- Sponsored S 4304: TRAVEL Act of 2026 ↗Apr 15, 2026
- Sponsored S 4220: Veterans Health Administration Novel Therapeutics Preparedness Act ↗Mar 26, 2026
- Sponsored S 4274: WINGS Act ↗Mar 26, 2026
- Sponsored S 4256: Airmen Certificate Accessibility Act ↗Mar 26, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 67 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 858
- Yea
- 617
- Nay
- 217
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 24
Full voting record
858 votes- SJRES198Nay
- PN8518Yea
- PN9304Yea
- PN9304Yea
- S4784Yea
- PN9382Yea
- PN9303Yea
- SJRES185Nay
- PN9382Yea
- SJRES196Nay
- PN9303Yea
- PN9302Yea
- PN9302Yea
- PN9307Yea
- PN9307Yea
- HCONRES86Nay
- PN8593Yea
- HR6644Yea
- PN73033Yea
- HR6644Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
14 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.
- Term limits / accountabilityStated position
Pledged not to become a long-term Washington fixture, promising to finish the job and return home rather than make a career of the Senate.
Sourceshttps://www.foxnews.com/opinion/im-tim-sheehy-why-i-want-montanas-vote-senateView position & sources → - IVF / reproductive healthStated position
Pledged to support access to IVF and to fight any effort to restrict IVF treatments.
Sourceshttps://apps.montanafreepress.org/election-guide-2024/candidates/tim-sheehy/View position & sources → - Wildfire / disaster responseStated position
Committed to improving wildfire prediction and response, sponsoring the Fire Ready Nation Act to create a NOAA fire-weather program.
Sourceshttps://www.sheehy.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sheehy-cantwell-fire-ready-nation-act-passes-senate-unanimously/View position & sources → - Foreign aidStated position
Committed to opposing further open-ended U.S. financial aid to Ukraine and to regimes such as Iran.
Sourceshttps://apps.montanafreepress.org/election-guide-2024/candidates/tim-sheehy/View position & sources → - EnergyStated position
Committed to unleashing all forms of American energy to make the U.S. energy independent.
Sourceshttps://apps.montanafreepress.org/election-guide-2024/candidates/tim-sheehy/View position & sources → - Immigration / border securityStated position
Committed to finishing the border wall, securing the border, and ending illegal immigration.
Sourceshttps://apps.montanafreepress.org/election-guide-2024/candidates/tim-sheehy/View position & sources → - Public landsStated position
Pledged to oppose any federal transfer or sale of U.S. public lands.
Sourceshttps://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/oct/29/jon-tester/in-montana-senate-race-public-lands/View position & sources → - Crime / judiciaryStated position
Committed to holding judges and government officials accountable for releasing violent offenders, sponsoring the JAIL Act.
Sourceshttps://www.sheehy.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sheehy-introduces-bill-to-hold-soft-on-crime-judges-accountable/View position & sources → - VeteransStated position
Committed to helping veterans access the VA Home Loan program, introducing the VA Home Loan Awareness Act to that end.
Sourceshttps://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/van-hollen-sheehy-introduce-va-home-loan-awareness-actView position & sources → - Ethics / lobbyingStated position
Pledged to work to impose a lifetime lobbyist ban on former members of Congress.
Sourceshttps://www.legistorm.com/stormfeed/view_rss/2434137/member/3799/title/tim-sheehy-releases-ethics-pledge.htmlView position & sources → - Personal ethics / conflicts of interestStated position
Pledged, upon election, to place all his stocks, bonds, commodities, and other securities into a blind trust.
Sourceshttps://www.legistorm.com/stormfeed/view_rss/2434137/member/3799/title/tim-sheehy-releases-ethics-pledge.htmlView position & sources → - Term limits / congressional reformStated position
Pledged, as a senator, to seek congressional term limits of three House terms and two Senate terms.
Sourceshttps://www.legistorm.com/stormfeed/view_rss/2434137/member/3799/title/tim-sheehy-releases-ethics-pledge.htmlView position & sources → - Federal budget / fiscal policyStated position
Committed to passing legislation to withhold pay from members of Congress who fail to pass a balanced budget.
Sourceshttps://www.legistorm.com/stormfeed/view_rss/2434137/member/3799/title/tim-sheehy-releases-ethics-pledge.htmlView position & sources → - Congressional ethicsStated position
Pledged to work to ban individual stock, bond, commodity, and other securities trading by members of Congress and their spouses.
Sourceshttps://www.legistorm.com/stormfeed/view_rss/2434137/member/3799/title/tim-sheehy-releases-ethics-pledge.htmlView 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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