Policy pillars — derived from activity record
Electoral integrity
16 actionsGolden's voting pattern on electoral integrity reflects competing priorities between enhancing transparency and ballot tracking while resisting citizenship verification requirements, suggesting concern for both procedural integrity and voting access.
Criminal justice
49 actionsGolden demonstrates a consistent pro-law enforcement orientation on criminal justice, supporting enhanced penalties for serious crimes, stricter drug enforcement, and expanded police authority, with limited support for accountability measures.
Fiscal policy
82 actionsGolden's fiscal policy votes reflect a pragmatic approach that supports targeted revenue measures and spending continuity while opposing mechanisms for unilateral spending cuts and certain appropriations decisions.
Healthcare
33 actionsGolden demonstrates a consistent pattern of opposing expansions of healthcare access, funding, and preventive measures while occasionally supporting narrow disease-specific research initiatives.
Education
26 actionsGolden's education votes reflect a consistent prioritization of parental oversight and institutional transparency in schools, with selective support for specific student support measures.
Economy and labor
46 actionsGolden demonstrates strong support for small business development, labor protections, and strategic government involvement in strengthening domestic economic resilience and competitiveness.
Environment and energy
140 actionsGolden demonstrates strong support for environmental protection measures, consistently voting for bills that enhance pollution controls, protect ecosystems, and advance clean energy and wildfire management initiatives.
Immigration
49 actionsGolden's immigration votes reflect conflicting impulses, opposing both restrictive deportation measures and restrictive asylum policies while also opposing immigration enforcement approaches, suggesting a pattern driven more by opposition to executive implementation than by consistent ideological positioning.
National security and foreign policy
180 actionsGolden demonstrates consistent support for national security measures across counterterrorism, maritime defense, foreign sanctions, and strategic competition with adversarial nations.
Civil rights and liberties
45 actionsGolden's voting pattern on civil rights and liberties reflects competing priorities, supporting expansions of religious freedom protections and safety from discrimination while opposing restrictions on legislative speech and gun rights.
Social policy
25 actionsGolden demonstrates consistent support for social policies that expand benefits and protections for vulnerable populations including veterans, children, families, and those experiencing homelessness.
Technology and data
34 actionsGolden demonstrates strong support for technology innovation and digital infrastructure development while prioritizing regulatory clarity and consumer protection frameworks over data restriction measures.
Civil liberties and government power
7 actionsGolden's voting pattern on civil liberties reflects internal contradictions, supporting privacy protections against government surveillance while opposing measures that constrain government pressure on private platforms and limit judicial oversight of executive power.
Government accountability and transparency
135 actionsGolden's voting pattern demonstrates consistent support for government accountability mechanisms, particularly favoring congressional oversight tools and transparency requirements that enable public scrutiny of both executive and elected officials' conduct.
Infrastructure and public investment
28 actionsGolden demonstrates consistent support for public infrastructure investment across transportation, utilities, broadband, water systems, and federal projects.
Activity ledger — most recent first
Dec 18, 2024
Beagle Brigade Act of 2023 — This bill advances government transparency by requiring the Department of Agriculture to report to Congress on threats to agriculture and natural resources.
Dec 18, 2024
DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024 — This bill supports national security by authorizing the Department of Homeland Security to develop better technology for detecting dangerous drugs at borders and ports of entry.
Dec 18, 2024
Jamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act — This bill advances Native American sovereignty and self-determination by transferring land to tribal control, supporting the civil right of indigenous peoples to govern their own territories.
Dec 17, 2024
Never Again Education Reauthorization Act of 2023 — This bill supports Holocaust education programs by extending federal authorization and funding for educational initiatives through 2030.
Dec 17, 2024
Midnight Rules Relief Act — This bill makes it easier for Congress to overturn multiple regulations at once during presidential transitions, which could reduce executive branch accountability by allowing rapid reversal of rules without individual scrutiny.
Dec 11, 2024
Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 — This bill extends and updates federal programs that protect endangered wildlife species and their habitats through conservation funding and partnerships.
Dec 11, 2024
Increasing Baseline Updates Act — This bill would advance government transparency by requiring the Congressional Budget Office to publish more frequent budget projections and disclose the economic data behind their calculations.
Dec 10, 2024
SHIELD Against CCP Act — This bill strengthens U.S. national security by establishing a coordinated effort within the Department of Homeland Security to identify and counter security threats posed by China across multiple critical areas including terrorism, cyber attacks, and border protection.
Dec 10, 2024
Liberty in Laundry Act — This bill would restrict the federal government's ability to set energy efficiency standards for washing machines, making it harder to reduce energy consumption through appliance regulations.
Mar 21, 2024
Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation Act of 2023 — This bill strengthens national security by reducing Chinese government influence over U.S. shipping infrastructure and giving federal authorities more power to prevent foreign manipulation of maritime commerce.
Mar 21, 2024
Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy. — This bill opposes a carbon tax as economically harmful, taking a stance against a potential revenue-raising or economy-regulating tax policy.
Mar 21, 2024
Denouncing the harmful, anti-American energy policies of the Biden administration, and for other purposes. — This bill opposes environmental regulations on energy production and federal lands while promoting increased domestic fossil fuel development.
Mar 20, 2024
Restoring American Energy Dominance Act — This bill would block new environmental protections and climate provisions for oil and gas leasing on public lands, favoring fossil fuel extraction over energy transition goals.
Mar 20, 2024
Protecting American Energy Production Act — This bill would protect fossil fuel extraction through fracking by preventing the President from restricting it without Congress approval and prioritizing state over federal environmental regulation.
Mar 19, 2024
Condemning the illegal abduction and forcible transfer of children from Ukraine to the Russian Federation. — This bill strengthens the U.S. position on a major foreign conflict by formally condemning Russian actions against Ukrainian children and supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression.
Mar 19, 2024
Upholding the Dayton Peace Agreement Through Sanctions Act — This bill uses sanctions to protect the stability and democracy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, advancing U.S. foreign policy interests in maintaining peace in a strategically important region.
Mar 13, 2024
Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act — This bill would restrict or ban applications controlled by foreign adversaries like China from operating in the United States to protect national security and prevent foreign surveillance of Americans.
Feb 29, 2024
Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2024 — This bill extends federal funding and authorization for airport infrastructure programs and aviation services, supporting continued public investment in transportation infrastructure.
Feb 29, 2024
Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024 — This bill authorizes federal spending to keep government operating and funds student aid programs, representing a decision to maintain current spending levels rather than make cuts or increases.
Jan 11, 2024
DOE and SBA Research Act — This bill would advance the economy and labor pillar by fostering collaboration between federal agencies to support research and development activities that include small businesses, potentially creating innovation and job opportunities.
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