Daines, Steve

Daines, Steve is a Republican Senator representing Montana. They serve on 4 committees, including Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Senate Committee on Finance and Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

They have raised $141K in campaign contributions, with most of it from individual donors. The biggest industry source is misc business, contributing $4K. Organizations spend $1.5 billion lobbying on topics their committees oversee. The biggest areas are taxation and trade. This reflects the lobbying ecosystem around their committee work, not money paid to them directly.

They vote in most roll calls, participating in 86% of roll calls. They frequently work across the aisle, with 50% of their co-sponsored bills involving members of the other party.

2 former staff members from their office now work as lobbyists. Combined, they represent $9.7 million in lobbying activity.

Overall, they have a typical financial footprint for a senator. The biggest factors are campaign contributions and lobbying activity around their committee topics.