Steve Daines
Nationalist
Republican
Senator
Montana
Current Position: Senator from Montana
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- Against internet sales tax; called related legislation 'a job-killing tax hike'
Health Care
- For repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
Education
- For abolishing the U.S. Department of Education
Environment
- Against climate change scientific consensus; said in 2019 that human causation 'is not a sound scientific conclusion'
- For supporting coal industry and oil production; criticized Obama's climate policies as 'war on American energy'
- For congressional approval of the Keystone pipeline
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights except to protect the life of the mother
- Against same-sex marriage; expressed disappointment in Supreme Court decision legalizing it
- Against net neutrality; praised its 2017 repeal by the FCC
Voting Rights & Democracy
- Against District of Columbia statehood
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For Trump's travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries
- Against DACA recipients applying for temporary protection; considers it executive overreach
- For Trump's assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani
Public Safety
- Against gun control legislation; opposes expanded background checks and red flag laws