John Thune, R-SD

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John Thune is a Republican Senator from South Dakota.

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Sponsored Legislation:

The list below shows the pieces of legislation (including bills, resolutions, and amendments) that this legislator has sponsored. Not all pieces of legislation have been brought for a roll call vote.

  • sconres2-119 - A concurrent resolution to provide for the counting on January 6, 2025, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.
  • sconres1-119 - A concurrent resolution extending the life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
  • s1144-119 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care. (aka Personal Health Investment Today Act of 2025)
  • s587-119 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and for other purposes. (aka Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025)
  • s723-119 - A bill to require the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process and complete all mortgage packages associated with residential and business mortgages on Indian land by certain deadlines, and for other purposes. (aka Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025)
  • s2426-119 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services. (aka Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act)
  • s866-119 - A bill to require executive agencies to take steps to better meet the statutory deadline for processing communications use applications, and for other purposes. (aka Accelerating Broadband Permits Act)
  • s2608-119 - A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to improve the conservation reserve program, and for other purposes.
  • s449-119 - A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to expedite hazardous fuel or insect and disease risk reduction projects on certain National Forest System land, and for other purposes. (aka Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery Act of 2025)
  • s1209-119 - A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to make the native sod provisions applicable to the United States and to modify those provisions, and for other purposes. (aka American Prairie Conservation Act)
  • s1230-119 - A bill to amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to preserve foreign markets for goods using common names, and for other purposes. (aka Safeguarding American Food and Export Trade Yields Act of 2025)
  • s421-119 - A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish country of origin labeling requirements for beef, and for other purposes. (aka American Beef Labeling Act of 2025)
  • s1443-119 - A bill to limit the authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States. (aka Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2025)
  • s904-119 - A bill to improve disaster assistance programs of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. (aka Livestock Disaster Assistance Improvement Act of 2025)
  • s1509-119 - A bill to amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act to support small and very small meat and poultry processing establishments, and for other purposes. (aka Strengthening Local Processing Act of 2025)
  • s507-119 - A bill to enhance the participation of precision agriculture in the United States, and for other purposes. (aka Promoting Precision Agriculture Act of 2025)
  • sres8-119 - A resolution electing Jackie Barber as Secretary of the Senate.
  • sres1-119 - A resolution establishing a Committee to Inform the President of the United States that a quorum of each House is assembled.
  • sres7-119 - A resolution fixing the hour of daily meeting of the Senate.
  • sres9-119 - A resolution notifying the President of the United States of the election of a Secretary of the Senate.
  • sres16-119 - A resolution to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen.
  • sres11-119 - A resolution electing Jennifer A. Hemingway as Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
  • sres26-119 - A resolution to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen.
  • sres229-119 - A resolution to authorize the production of records by the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • sres10-119 - A resolution notifying the House of Representatives of the election of a Secretary of the Senate.
  • sres38-119 - A resolution to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, or until their successors are chosen.
  • sres262-119 - A resolution to authorize testimony, document production, and representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in the case of In re Architect of the Capitol Employment Dispute.
  • sres170-119 - A resolution to authorize representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in the case of Desmond Bellard v. Ronald Wyden, U.S. Senator.
  • sres2-119 - A resolution informing the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled.
  • sres5-119 - A resolution notifying the House of Representatives of the election of a President pro tempore.
  • sres4-119 - A resolution notifying the President of the United States of the election of a President pro tempore.
  • sres3-119 - A resolution to elect Charles E. Grassley, a Senator from the State of Iowa, to be President pro tempore of the Senate of the United States.
  • sres12-119 - A resolution notifying the President of the United States of the election of a Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
  • sres14-119 - A resolution electing Robert M. Duncan, of the District of Columbia, as Secretary for the Majority of the Senate.
  • sres13-119 - A resolution notifying the House of Representatives of the election of a Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.

Vote Summary

The chart below shows all the votes cast by this legislator. The bars are color-coded by party. Red bars indicate votes cast in support of Republican-sponsored legislation or against Democrat-sponsored legislation; blue bars indicate the opposite.

See the about page for the methodology we use to determine what is and is not a party-line vote.

All Votes

John Thune has cast 499 votes in the current session of Congress. We calculate that 0 were party-line votes. This equates to 0% of the total votes cast by this legislator.

Nomination Votes

John Thune has cast 0 votes for nominees in the current session of Congress. We calculate that 0 were party-line votes. This equates to NaN% of the total nomination votes cast by this legislator.

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