David McCormick
Senator, Pennsylvania
David McCormick gets an A
Score: 100 out of 100, the average of 6 measures. On 36 of 36 votes and bills, McCormick was on the liberty side.
- AIran: the regime9 of 9 with liberty
- –Iran: the people1 of 1, too few to count
- AIsrael7 of 7 with liberty
- –Allies1 of 1, too few to count
- AMilitary3 of 3 with liberty
- ABorders7 of 7 with liberty
- –Islamic migrationNo record yet
- –Islamization1 of 1, too few to count
- –SecularismNo record yet
- ACapitalism5 of 5 with liberty
- –Free speechNo record yet
- AAnti-woke2 of 2 with liberty
Every vote behind this grade
37 votes and bills on the record.
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Iran war powers resolution (H.Con.Res. 89)
Directs the President to remove US forces from hostilities with Iran.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Concurrent Resolution. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 (H.R. 5334)
Imposes sweeping sanctions on Russia's officials, banks and energy trade, allows steep import duties on countries that keep buying Russian oil and gas, and extends the Iran Sanctions Act through 2031. The sanctions were added to a small tax bill for early childhood teachers.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On Passage of the Bill. It puts heavy economic pressure on Putin and extends sanctions on the regime in Iran.
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Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 181)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Iran war powers resolution (H.Con.Res. 86)
Directs the President to remove US forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran, except forces needed to defend the United States or an ally from imminent attack, unless Congress authorizes force.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Did not vote
- Result
- Not counted
Senate vote · On the Concurrent Resolution. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Lee motion on the Secure America Act: proof of citizenship to register
Would have added the SAVE America voter rules: proof of citizenship to register and photo ID to vote in federal elections.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion. It keeps non-citizens off the voter rolls. The task brief lists the SAVE Act under this measure.
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Durbin motion on the Secure America Act: shield DACA recipients
Would have moved ICE money to DACA processing and barred the arrest, detention or deportation of DACA recipients.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion. Voting no keeps the enforcement money and opposes a blanket shield from deportation.
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Secure America Act (S. 2), Senate passage
A party-line budget bill giving about 70 billion dollars through 2029 to Border Patrol, ICE and border technology. Signed into law in June 2026.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On Passage of the Bill. The largest immigration enforcement funding vote of 2026.
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Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 185)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 163)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 123)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Blocking a sale of armored bulldozers to Israel (S.J.Res. 32)
Would have blocked a 295 million dollar US sale of Caterpillar D9 bulldozers to Israel.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for it is a vote to block weapons for Israel.
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Blocking a sale of 1,000-pound bombs to Israel (S.J.Res. 138)
Would have blocked a 152 million dollar US sale of 12,000 1,000-pound bombs to Israel.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for it is a vote to block weapons for Israel.
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Cloture on the Tuberville and Blackburn women's sports amendment
A vote to end debate on an amendment adding the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to another bill. It needed 60 votes and got 49.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Cloture Motion. A yes vote backed keeping women's sports for biological women.
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Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 118)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Iran war powers resolution (S.J.Res. 104)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
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Iran Human Rights, Internet Freedom, and Accountability Act of 2026
Senate version. Expands internet access for Iranians during regime blackouts, enforces sanctions on human rights abusers, and funds broadcasting and online security tools for Iranian activists and journalists.
- Liberty position
- Sign on
- McCormick
- Sponsored
- Result
- With liberty
Bill sponsorship. It gives practical help to Iranians standing up to the regime.
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Homeland Security funding, cloture (H.R. 7147)
A vote to move ahead with the House-passed Homeland Security funding bill, used as the vehicle for a short-term extension. Democrats blocked it to demand new limits on ICE, and DHS funding lapsed days later.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Cloture Motion. The fight was over whether to fund ICE without new restrictions.
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, final version (S. 1071)
The final agreed version of the yearly bill that sets the size, pay and weapons programs of the US military for 2026.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion. It is the final vote on funding and equipping the US military for the year.
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Sanders amendment to the 2026 defense bill: cut the Pentagon budget by 10 percent
Would have cut the Pentagon budget by 10 percent and moved the money to dental care for veterans.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Amendment. A vote for it is a vote to shrink the US military.
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Senate passage (S. 2296)
The Senate version of the yearly bill that sets the size, pay and weapons programs of the US military for 2026.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On Passage of the Bill. It funds and equips the US military.
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Blocking a sale of automatic rifles to Israel (S.J.Res. 41)
Would have blocked the export of tens of thousands of automatic rifles to Israel.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for it is a vote to block weapons for Israel.
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Blocking a sale of bombs to Israel (S.J.Res. 34)
Would have blocked a US sale of bombs and related support services to Israel.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for it is a vote to block weapons for Israel.
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Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025
Senate version: would designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization and require sanctions on its members.
- Liberty position
- Sign on
- McCormick
- Cosponsored
- Result
- With liberty
Bill sponsorship. Same as the House bill. The Senate has had no floor vote on this measure, so cosponsorship is the only signal.
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One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Senate passage)
The 2025 reconciliation law that made the 2017 tax cuts permanent, added new tax cuts, cut some federal spending and funded border and defense priorities.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On Passage of the Bill. A yes vote backed the tax cuts named in this measure.
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Iran war powers resolution after the June 2025 strikes (S.J.Res. 59)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran unless Congress authorized them. It came days after the US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for it is a vote to tie the President's hands against the regime.
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Disapproving the California gas car phase-out waiver (H.J.Res. 88)
Overturns the EPA waiver that let California require all new cars sold in the state to be zero emission by 2035.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Joint Resolution. A yes vote opposed a mandate that would end sales of new gas cars.
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Blocking a sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel (S.J.Res. 33)
Would have blocked a 2 billion dollar US sale of heavy bombs to Israel.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for it is a vote to block weapons for Israel.
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Blocking a sale of bombs and guidance kits to Israel (S.J.Res. 26)
Would have blocked a 6.75 billion dollar US sale of bombs and guidance kits to Israel.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Motion to Discharge. A vote for it is a vote to block weapons for Israel.
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Disapproving the CFPB cap on bank overdraft fees (S.J.Res. 18)
Overturns a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would have capped overdraft fees at large banks at 5 dollars.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Joint Resolution. A yes vote opposed a federal price cap on a banking service.
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Disapproving the IRS crypto broker reporting rule (H.J.Res. 25)
Overturns an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report customer transactions as brokers.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Joint Resolution. A yes vote removed a major new reporting regulation on a new industry.
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Cloture on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (S. 9)
A vote to move ahead with the bill that makes it a Title IX violation for schools to let biological males compete in women's and girls' sports. It needed 60 votes and got 51.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed. A yes vote backed keeping women's sports for biological women.
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Budget amendment backing REINS Act style approval of major rules
An amendment to the 2025 budget resolution supporting legislation that stops federal agencies from finalizing major rules without a vote of Congress.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Amendment. A yes vote backed the REINS Act idea, which has had no direct Senate vote.
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Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
Senate version. Sanctions any foreign company, port, refinery or ship that helps process, export or sell Iranian oil and gas.
- Liberty position
- Sign on
- McCormick
- Cosponsored
- Result
- With liberty
Bill sponsorship. It goes after the oil money that keeps the regime alive.
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Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (H.R. 23)
Would sanction officials of the International Criminal Court who investigate, arrest or prosecute Americans or citizens of allies such as Israel. The Senate vote was on whether to take the bill up, and it fell short of the 60 votes needed.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed. It answers the court's arrest warrant for Israel's prime minister.
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Laken Riley Act amendment: add crimes causing death or serious injury
Added crimes that cause death or serious bodily injury to the offenses that trigger mandatory detention of illegal immigrants.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Amendment. Widens detention of criminal aliens.
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Laken Riley Act (S. 5), Senate passage
Requires detention of illegal immigrants charged with theft, burglary, assaulting an officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury, and lets states sue over enforcement failures.
- Liberty position
- Yea
- McCormick
- Voted Yea
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On Passage of the Bill. Mandatory detention of criminal aliens. The task brief names this bill.
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Laken Riley Act amendment: remove states' power to sue
Would have removed the part of the Laken Riley Act that lets state attorneys general sue federal officials who fail to detain illegal immigrants.
- Liberty position
- Nay
- McCormick
- Voted Nay
- Result
- With liberty
Senate vote · On the Amendment. Voting no keeps a tool for forcing enforcement.
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