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Thune, John

Senate · South Dakota · T000250Sign in to watch / set alerts
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Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking
CongressSponsoredCosponsoredRecorded votesParticipation
119th · current217652100%
118th49260——
117th63227——
116th47146——
115th60153——
Descriptive counts per Congress — sponsored/cosponsored measures, recorded votes cast, and participation (votes cast ÷ recorded, shown only where the denominator is ingested). This is not an effectiveness score, alignment, or rank. Recorded votes reflect ingested chambers (House member casts across the supported range; Senate member casts are not linked — see Coverage).
Service history5 Congresses of supported coverage
CongressChamberStateDistrictParty
119th · currentSenateSouth Dakota—Republican
118thSenateSouth Dakota—Republican
117thSenateSouth Dakota—Republican
116thSenateSouth Dakota—Republican
115thSenateSouth Dakota—Republican
Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.
Legislative activity · 115th Congress · historical · Senate
Participation
—
0/0 cast
Sponsored
60
bills
Cosponsored
153
measures
Sponsored · 115th60
—Veterans' Disability Compensation Automatic COLA Acts 1836—TSA Modernization Acts 1872—AV START Acts 1885—MOBILE NOW Acts 19—American Prairie Conservation Acts 1913—A bill to improve the monitoring and reporting of propane stocks and days of supply by the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration with regard to propane export volumes, and for other purposes.s 1972—Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017s 205—EHR Regulatory Relief Acts 2059—National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018s 2200—National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Acts 2202—Custer County Airport Conveyance Acts 2297—Native American Livestock Assistance Act of 2018s 2316—Chronic Disease Management Act of 2018s 2410—Rural Hospital Regulatory Relief Act of 2017s 243—Conservation Reserve Program Improvement and Rural Water Systems Access Act of 2018s 2614—STB Information Security Improvement Acts 2844—Fighting Opioid Abuse in Transportation Acts 2848—A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure Internet openness, to prohibit blocking lawful content and non-harmful devices, to prohibit throttling data, to prohibit paid prioritization, to require transparency of network management practices, to provide that broadband shall be considered to be an information service, and to prohibit the Commission or a State commission from relying on section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as a grant of authority.s 2853—eTREAT Acts 2901—Improved Soil Moisture and Precipitation Monitoring Act of 2018s 2936—Strengthening the Cooperative Observer Program Act of 2018s 2941—Prioritizing Help to Businesses Acts 2972—Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Acts 3030—Tribal Veterans Health Care Enhancement Acts 304—National Quantum Initiative Acts 3143—STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Acts 3157—A bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for the eligibility of national grasslands for grazing leases and permits.s 3325—Department of Transportation Reports Harmonization Acts 3367—Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Acts 35—Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2018s 3581
Cosponsored · 115th153
—CONNECT for Health Act of 2017s 1016—Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act of 2017s 102—Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017s 1024—Safeguard Israel Act of 2017s 107—Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017s 1084—Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Acts 109—Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017s 1094—Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017s 1129—National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018s 1182—Kari's Law Act of 2017s 123—Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of 2017s 1250—A bill to make title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 permanent, and for other purposes.s 1297—Tribal Social Security Fairness Acts 1309—Human Trafficking Accountability Acts 1311—Liberty Through Strength Acts 1339—Employee Privacy Protection Acts 1350—Jobs for Our Heroes Acts 1393—Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Acts 1503—Combating Human Trafficking in Commercial Vehicles Acts 1536—Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2017s 1589—Firearm Act of 2017s 1592—Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017s 1598—Bob Dole Congressional Gold Medal Acts 1616—Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Acts 168—Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017s 1693—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments and Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2017s 171—Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2017s 1730—Accountability Through Electronic Verification Acts 179—Taxpayer Bill of Rights Enhancement Act of 2017s 1793—Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2017s 1823
Campaign financefederal · source: FEC
FEC candidate S2SD00068 · THUNE, JOHN R. → (Senate SD) · linked deterministic
CycleReceiptsDisbursementsCash on hand
2024$4,163,983$5,721,879$15,384,337
2022$7,547,603$4,017,841$16,942,233
2020$3,088,319$1,266,167$13,412,471
2018$2,540,817$1,593,430$11,590,320
2016$5,170,324$4,242,752$10,642,932
4 authorized/associated committees · 100 reported independent expenditures. Full campaign-finance record →Reported campaign-finance facts about the linked FEC candidate. This is distinct from the legislative record above and implies nothing about how the member legislated — money and votes are not causally linked here.

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