Patrick J. Toomey
Former senator for Pennsylvania · Republican; served until January 3, 2023
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Seats held: Senator for PA, 2011–2023 · Representative for PA-15, 1999–2005.
Pennsylvania has about 13.1 million residents, represented by two senators.
Votes compared with what constituents said
- Cooperative Election Study: voted with 16 of 36 surveyed votes where Pennsylvania's estimated majority was clear.
- Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape: on these votes, Pennsylvania's estimated opinion was too close to call.
| Survey question | Vote | How they voted | What constituents said | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recognize same-sex and interracial marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Did not vote | Most support (68.2% support, likely 65.4–71%) | Didn't vote |
| Require all federal agencies to recognize same-sex marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Did not vote | Most support (66.9% support, likely 63.6–70.2%) | Didn't vote |
| Clean-energy tax credits, lower ACA premiums and Medicare drug price negotiation (Inflation Reduction Act) | August 7, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (64.6% support, likely 62.4–66.9%) | Against the majority |
| $52 billion for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research (CHIPS and Science Act) | July 27, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (64.1% support, likely 61.8–66.3%) | Against the majority |
| Increase spending on mental health and school safety, and tighten gun background checks for buyers under 21 (Bipartisan Safer Communities Act) | June 23, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (86.3% support, likely 83.9–88.8%) | With the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (second wording) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (62% support, likely 58.6–65.4%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (68.2% support, likely 64.9–71.5%) | Against the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (60.7% support, likely 58.4–63%) | Against the majority |
| Appoint Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (50.1% support, likely 47.8–52.5%) | Too close to call |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (81.7% support, likely 78.9–84.4%) | Against the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (85.5% support, likely 83.9–87.2%) | Against the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (80.5% support, likely 78–83%) | Against the majority |
| Increase federal spending on high-tech research and development (U.S. Innovation and Competition Act) | June 8, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (59.4% support, likely 56.3–62.5%) | Against the majority |
| Establish a commission to investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol | May 28, 2021 · official record | Did not vote | Most support (57.1% support, likely 54–60.2%) | Didn't vote |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (56.1% support, likely 53.8–58.4%) | Against the majority |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (55.7% support, likely 52.6–58.8%) | Against the majority |
| Impeach and convict President Trump (January 2021) | February 13, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (55.2% support, likely 48.7–61.6%) | Too close to call |
| CARES Act ($2 trillion in coronavirus relief, March 2020) | March 25, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (90.5% support, likely 89.1–91.9%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for obstruction of Congress | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (47% support, likely 44.7–49.3%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for abuse of power | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (48.4% support, likely 46.1–50.7%) | Too close to call |
| Build a wall on the southern border | March 14, 2019 · official record | Yea (against the proposal) | Most oppose (46.2% support, likely 45–47.3%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (47.6% support, likely 45.4–49.9%) | Against the majority |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (46.6% support, likely 42.9–50.4%) | Too close to call |
| Appoint Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (48.3% support, likely 46–50.7%) | Too close to call |
| Repeal only the Affordable Care Act's requirement that everyone have health insurance | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (43.6% support, likely 41.3–45.9%) | Related bill, not counted |
| The 2017 tax bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (59.8% support, likely 57.5–62.1%) | With the majority |
| Impose sanctions on countries and firms doing business with North Korea | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (74.6% support, likely 72.6–76.7%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Require the President to get Congress's approval to ease sanctions on Russia | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (69.9% support, likely 67.8–72%) | With the majority |
| Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea) | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (79.3% support, likely 75.9–82.6%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (44.6% support, likely 42.2–46.9%) | Against the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (47.5% support, likely 43.4–51.5%) | Too close to call |
| Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (government funding through September 2017) | May 4, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (71.6% support, likely 67.8–75.3%) | Against the majority |
| Appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (48.5% support, likely 46.2–50.8%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (52.1% support, likely 48–56.1%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education | February 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (44% support, likely 40–48.1%) | Against the majority |
| Education reform (Every Student Succeeds Act, replacing No Child Left Behind) | December 9, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (80% support, likely 78.2–81.9%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (56.6% support, likely 54.3–58.9%) | With the majority |
| Highway and transportation funding (FAST Act) | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (80.9% support, likely 79.1–82.8%) | With the majority |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (50.4% support, likely 48–52.7%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (59.8% support, likely 55.9–63.8%) | Related bill, not counted |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (75.2% support, likely 71.2–79.2%) | Against the majority |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (63.3% support, likely 58.3–68.3%) | Against the majority |
| Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (change how Medicare pays doctors) | April 14, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (69.4% support, likely 67.2–71.5%) | With the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | January 29, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (63.3% support, likely 59.4–67.3%) | With the majority |
| Raise the debt ceiling | February 12, 2014 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (44.8% support, likely 42.3–47.4%) | With the majority |
| Agriculture bill (farm programs and food stamps, 2014 Farm Bill) | February 4, 2014 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (61.4% support, likely 58.9–63.9%) | Against the majority |
| Let states collect sales tax on online purchases from out-of-state sellers (Marketplace Fairness Act) | May 6, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (44.1% support, likely 40.1–48.2%) | With the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (89.2% support, likely 86.5–91.9%) | With the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (94.4% support, likely 92.4–96.4%) | With the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (61.8% support, likely 59–64.6%) | Against the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (49% support, likely 46.4–51.5%) | Too close to call |
| Ryan budget plan (House budget resolution for 2013) | May 16, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (15.9% support, likely 13.8–18.1%) | Against the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | March 8, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (74.9% support, likely 72.4–77.5%) | With the majority |
| Let employers and insurers refuse to cover birth control for religious or moral reasons (Blunt amendment) | March 1, 2012 · official record | Nay (for the proposal) | Most oppose (38.1% support, likely 35.3–40.9%) | Against the majority |
| U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement | October 12, 2011 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (51% support, likely 48.1–53.9%) | Too close to call |
Attendance
In the 117th Congress, Patrick J. Toomey missed 105 of 949 Senate votes (11.1%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 87.2% of the time.