Politician
Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
State
MD
In office since
2017
Next election
2028
Votes recorded
890
Total votes
890
Missed
13 (1.5%)
Committees
4
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
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Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Opposes Trump administration mass deportation policies and increased ICE/CBP funding, and supports extending Temporary Protected Status for groups such as Haitians.
Supported amendments to redirect ICE funds toward DACA processing and away from enforcement actions.
🗳 Yea on S2 (2026-06-05)🗳 Yea on S2 (2026-06-05)🗳 Yea on S2 (2026-06-04)
Supports policies to lower costs for families, raise wages, cut prescription drug prices, and increase taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations to invest in working Americans.
Backed budget amendments to cut prescription drug prices and address household costs like groceries and health care.
🗳 Yea on SCONRES33 (2026-04-23)🗳 Yea on SCONRES33 (2026-04-22)🗳 Yea on SCONRES33 (2026-04-22)
Opposes Republican budget bills that increase funding for immigration enforcement while criticizing them for not addressing affordability concerns like health care and gas prices.
Opposed reconciliation and budget measures increasing immigration enforcement funding without affordability provisions.
🗳 Nay on S2 (2026-06-05)🗳 Nay on S2 (2026-06-03)🗳 Nay on SCONRES33 (2026-04-23)
Supports protecting the right to abortion and access to reproductive health care, including the right to travel for abortion services.
No votes or bills address abortion access, reproductive health care, or travel rights.
Supports civil rights protections, including ending racial profiling and systemic discrimination in institutions.
No votes or bills address racial profiling, systemic discrimination, or related civil rights measures.
Has called for U.S. recognition of a Palestinian state.
No votes or bills address recognition of a Palestinian state.
S. 3270 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3570 Olney Laytonsville Road in Olney, Maryland, as the Edward L. Ramsey Olney Post Office Building.
2026-08-06 · Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
S. 2106 — SECURE Act
2025-06-18 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.