Mark Warner represents Virginia in the U.S. Senate since January 2009. He chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee and has been a senior voice on technology policy, intelligence oversight, and bipartisan infrastructure negotiation. He was instrumental in the bipartisan group that negotiated the IIJA.
Four promises chosen to span how voters across the political spectrum view this politician's record.
As Senate Intelligence Committee chair, led bipartisan oversight including the 2020 Russia/Trump report, January 6 intelligence failures, and Section 702 reauthorization.
Warner was a primary architect of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (Gang of 21). IIJA signed November 2021.
Co-led CHIPS Act bipartisan negotiation. Signed July 2022.
Pass infrastructure investment.
Voted YES on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, November 2021).
Climate action / Inflation Reduction Act.
Voted YES on the Inflation Reduction Act (August 2022), $369B in climate spending.
Lower prescription drug prices.
Voted YES on IRA Medicare drug-pricing negotiation provisions.
Restore voting rights / John Lewis VRA.
Voted YES on cloture; failed 49-51 due to Republican filibuster + Manchin/Sinema opposition to rule change. Per /methodology, blocked-by-Congress when politician took maximally available action routes to PARTIAL.
Defend reproductive rights / WHPA.
Voted YES on Women's Health Protection Act cloture; failed 49-51 (Manchin NO).
Pass gun safety legislation.
Voted YES on Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (June 2022). Assault-weapons ban did not pass.
Confirm Biden judicial nominees.
Voted YES on Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson + the majority of lower-court Biden nominees.
Support Ukraine.
Voted YES on every major Ukraine aid package 2022-2024.
Pass Equality Act / LGBTQ+ protections.
Cloture failed Republican filibuster. Respect for Marriage Act passed (signed December 2022).
Cancel student debt.
Supported Biden's broad cancellation (SCOTUS-struck-down). Approximately $138B in narrower cancellations approved.
Raise the federal minimum wage to $15.
The Raise the Wage Act of 2021 (included in early ARP drafts) was stripped on Byrd-rule objection. No standalone vote reached the floor.
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