Mike Lee
U.S. senator · Republican
Office held
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Voting record
U.S. Senate, 119th Congress (2025–2026)
The official record lists Mike Lee's vote on 915 roll calls in the 119th Congress (2025–2026). The latest:
- Voted: YeaPN1129: Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of LaborConfirmation: Keith Sonderling, of F.L., to be Secretary of Labor
- Voted: YeaPN1129: Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of LaborMotion to Invoke Cloture: Keith Sonderling to be Secretary of Labor
- Voted: YeaH.R. 9340: A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 9340
- Voted: YeaH.R. 7008: A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: H.R. 7008
- Voted: NayS.Res. 852: A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.Motion to Discharge S. Res. 852
- Voted: NayS.J.Res. 197: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program".Motion to Proceed to S.J. Res. 197
- Voted: YeaS. 4668: A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.S. 4668, as amended
- Voted: NayS.Amdt.Booker Amdt. No. 6835
- Voted: NayS.Amdt.Booker Amdt. No. 6805
- Voted: Not VotingS.Amdt.Kennedy Amdt. No. 6760
Legal education and clerkships
Mike Lee studied political science at Brigham Young University, served as student body president and graduated from BYU’s law school in 1997. His early legal training included clerkships for federal district judge Dee Benson and Samuel Alito on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. He later returned to clerk for Alito after Alito joined the U.S. Supreme Court. [1]
Practice and public service
Before his Senate election in 2010, Lee practiced appellate and Supreme Court litigation at Sidley & Austin, served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Salt Lake City and worked as general counsel to Governor Jon Huntsman. He returned to private practice in 2007. His official biography describes constitutional limits and individual liberties as central themes of his Senate work. [1]
Energy and federal lands
Lee chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The committee’s portfolio includes public lands, water resources, territories and federal leasing for coal, oil, gas and minerals. That assignment gives him a leadership role in legislation and oversight involving resources and federal land management, issues with particular relevance to Utah’s extensive federally managed acreage. [2]
Judiciary and other assignments
Lee also serves on Judiciary, Foreign Relations and Budget. He chairs Judiciary’s antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights subcommittee and a Foreign Relations subcommittee covering multilateral institutions and international economic, energy and environmental policy. Judiciary work includes judicial nominations and federal justice matters; the Budget Committee develops congressional budget plans and examines federal spending and revenue. [2]
Profile sources
Committees in Congress
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Committee on Foreign Relations
- Committee on the Budget
- Committee on the Judiciary
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