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U.S. Senator · Maryland
Chris Van Hollen
DemocratState D+15119th Congress
Typical swing score35#71 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Chris Van Hollen’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office730 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 5 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 5 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 1547, S. 1552, S. 2503, S. 2511, S. 4395.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 1547 America the Beautiful Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 1552 Living Donor Protection Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 2503 ROTOR Act
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 2511 College Transparency Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: S. 4395 Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
Keeps them with Democrats · 2 signals
Term and election
From the congress-legislators dataset- Current term
- January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2029
- Senate class
- Class 3
- Seniority
- Senior senator
- Next election
- November 7, 2028
- Years in office
- 23.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Committee on AppropriationsMinority · 10th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related AgenciesRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
- Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
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Hollen← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.399 is 0.04 to the left of the Senate Democratic median (-0.356).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Democratic average- 119th Congress0Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 101–150 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 4446FAST VETS ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the House | No recorded vote | 45
| Middle |