{"id":2322508,"date":"2024-08-10T19:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T23:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-less-likely-to-reach-across-aisle-than-vance-senate-voting-record-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T19:13:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T23:13:21","slug":"harris-less-likely-to-reach-across-aisle-than-vance-senate-voting-record-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-less-likely-to-reach-across-aisle-than-vance-senate-voting-record-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris less likely to reach across aisle than Vance: Senate voting record &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-less-likely-to-reach-across-aisle-than-vance-senate-voting-record-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2322508&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the contrasting Senate\u2064 voting\u2062 records of Vice President Kamala Harris and Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) as they\u2063 approach the 2024 election, during which one may attain a higher position \u200cin government. Harris, who served from 2017 to 2021,\u200d has been \u200dcharacterized\u2063 as\u200d the most liberal\u200b senator\u2064 based on a 2019 assessment and \u2062has frequently been criticized for her partisanship, ranking low on the bipartisan cooperation scale. \u200dVance, who took office in 2023, appears to showcase more willingness to collaborate across party lines, as evidenced by his actions in co-sponsoring the Railway Safety Act with Democratic senators following the East Palestine train derailment.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crt-teacher-crt-isnt-taught-in-schools\/\" title=\"CRT Teacher: CRT Isn\u2019t Taught In Schools\">voting patterns<\/a> indicate a significant ideological lean towards liberal policies, while Vance&#8217;s record suggests he may be more moderate in comparison.\u200d Despite both\u2064 politicians occasionally voting\u2062 in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-portman-speaks-out-on-covid-19-bill\/\" title=\"Sen. Portman speaks out on COVID-19 bill\">bipartisan measures<\/a>, their overall tendencies reveal\u2062 deeper differences in their approach to \u2063governance. The article points out that with \u200cVance potentially ascending to a higher office, the dynamics of Senate voting could shift, \u200bparticularly if\u200c he assumes the role of tiebreaker as Vice President, a\u200c position Harris has already occupied extensively. The implications\u2063 of their \u2063records and potential future\u200c roles highlight the stark ideological divide and contrasting legislative philosophies between the two figures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-on-pennsylvania-another-statistical-analysis-shows-roughly-300000-biden-votes-are-questionable\/\" title=\"More on Pennsylvania - Another Statistical Analysis Shows Roughly 300,000 Biden Votes Are Questionable\">voting records<\/a> reveal Harris less likely to reach across aisle than Vance<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1726559\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Either Vice President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> or Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH) will be elevated to the highest-held position of their careers at the conclusion of the 2024 <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>election<\/a> season. Their voting records in the Senate provide telling insights into their ideological leanings and agendas.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, who represented California in the Senate from 2017 to 2021, has faced criticism from former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/08\/13\/politics\/donald-trump-maria-bartiromo-coronavirus\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> and others for being &ldquo;the most liberal&rdquo; member of the Senate. Vance, on the other hand, has only been on the job since 2023, but his limited record shows he has been more willing to vote across party lines than Harris was.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, nonpartisan congressional tracker YouGov rated Harris the most liberal senator. She was also the sixth-least likely senator to vote across party lines in 2019, according to The Lugar Center&rsquo;s McCourt School <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelugarcenter.org\/ourwork-Bipartisan-Index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bipartisan Index<\/a>, and the 11th-least likely in 2017. Vance, by comparison, was the 22nd-least likely in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>On The Lugar Center&rsquo;s index, a lower score indicates a lower willingness to vote across party lines. Harris scored -0.92670 in 2019 and -1.19719 in 2017. While Vance did not score high on the ranking, his -0.79354 score from 2023 indicates that he is more willing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ky-gov-signs-bipartisan-law-limiting-no-knock-warrants\/\" title=\"Ky. gov. signs bipartisan law limiting no-knock warrants\">cross party lines<\/a> to pass legislation.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is Vance as conservative as Harris is liberal?<\/h2>\n<p>Aside from YouGov&rsquo;s now-deleted 2019 report card which rated Harris as the most liberal senator, the tracker graded her the second-most liberal senator on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/members\/report-cards\/2020\/senate\/ideology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2020 report card<\/a> and the fourth-most liberal on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/members\/report-cards\/2018\/senate\/ideology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2018 edition<\/a>. YouGov does not have data on Vance yet.<\/p>\n<p>Voteview, based out of the University of California, Los Angeles, also <a href=\"https:\/\/voteview.com\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>grades<\/a> senators based on how ideologically extreme they are. Harris was the second-most liberal senator behind Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in Voteview&rsquo;s ratings in both 2017 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Vance was ranked the fifth-most conservative member in 2023, while Warren and Harris were ranked the most liberal by a notable margin in 2017 and 2019. Sens. Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Mike Lee (R-UT) all came in as more conservative than Vance.<\/p>\n<p>Harris received critical <a href=\"https:\/\/justfacts.votesmart.org\/candidate\/evaluations\/120012\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ratings<\/a> from conservative grading organizations based on her Senate voting record, including a 0% score from Campaign for Working Families, another 0% from Heritage Action for America, a 9% from American Conservative Union, 10% from Eagle Forum, and 20% from Conservative Review.<\/p>\n<p>Left-leaning graders were far more favorable to Harris, including Americans for Democratic Action, which gave her a 90% rating, and Progressive Punch, which graded her at 86%.<\/p>\n<p>Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/justfacts.votesmart.org\/candidate\/evaluations\/201794\/jd-vance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>received<\/a> a 6% score from liberal Progressive Punch but was graded at 93% by right-leaning Heritage Action for America and 100% by Eagle Forum.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reaching across the aisle<\/h2>\n<p>Both Harris and Vance have voted alongside members of the opposite party to pass legislation, although their scores on The Lugar Center&rsquo;s McCourt School Bipartisan Index suggest that Vance is more willing to reach across the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, for example, worked with Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), and John Fetterman (D-PA) to introduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/2023\/5\/bipartisan-railway-safety-act-heads-to-senate-floor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Railway Safety Act<\/a> in 2023 after the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), left, and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), right, talk on Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Washington before testifying at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing to examine protecting public health and the environment in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. (AP Photo\/Kevin Wolf)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Harris voted in favor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/115th-congress\/senate-bill\/756\/all-actions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2018 First Step Act<\/a> introduced by former Republican Rep. Doug Collins and signed by Trump. No Democratic senators voted against the bill, however, 12 Republicans did.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been numerous bills, motions, and nominations that passed with bipartisan support and little-to-no opposition that the pair voted with members of the opposite party to pass.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can Harris and Vance do with elevated power?<\/h2>\n<p>Despite no longer serving as a senator, Harris has cast <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Tie-breaking_votes_cast_by_Kamala_Harris_in_the_U.S._Senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>33 votes<\/a> in the Senate since becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>, who casts the tiebreaking vote when there is gridlock in the upper chamber of Congress. That role will belong to Vance if Trump wins in November.<\/p>\n<p>There is no guarantee Vance would even have to cast a single vote if elected, as 12 vice presidents, including President Joe Biden, did not get a chance to break a Senate tie. Harris&rsquo;s 33 votes rank as the most of any vice president, and she has done so in far less time than any of her predecessors who have come close.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have a 51-49 Senate majority, so the only time Harris has to vote is when they cannot get a unanimous vote within the party. There are 33 seats up for election in 2024, 10 held by Republicans and 23 held by Democrats. If one party ends up with a multi-seat majority, the next vice president may not cast many votes.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/senate-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Cook Political Report<\/em><\/a>, each GOP seat up for grabs is in a state that leans Republican. Four Democratic-held seats are rated as toss-ups and one is rated as being &ldquo;Solid Republican.&rdquo; The <em>Hill&rsquo;s<\/em> 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/elections2024.thehill.com\/forecast\/2024\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>election forecast<\/a> gives the GOP a 78% chance to take control of the Senate, predicting a 51-47 majority with two independents caucusing with Democrats.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If Harris wins in November, she would have the power to sign or veto bills that make it through Congress. She would also be able to issue executive orders to execute certain policies without being voted on by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Harris and Vance for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1726559\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1726559\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate voting records indicate that Vice President Kamala Harris is less inclined to collaborate with the opposing party compared to Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH). Following the 2024 election, either Harris or Vance will assume a prominent role in their careers. Analyzing their Senate voting histories reveals significant differences in their political ideologies and approaches. Harris, who served as a senator from California from 2017 to 2021, has been labeled by former President Donald Trump and others as &#8220;the most liberal&#8221; senator. In contrast, although Vance has only been in office since 2023, his limited record suggests he is more open to bipartisan cooperation than Harris was during her tenure.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, nonpartisan tracker YouGov identified Harris as the most liberal senator and noted she was among the least likely senators to vote across party lines that year. Specifically, she ranked sixth-least likely according to The Lugar Center\u2019s McCourt School Bipartisan Index for that year and eleventh-least likely in 2017. Conversely, Vance ranked twenty-second on this index in 2023; lower scores indicate a greater willingness to cross party lines.<\/p>\n<p>While both have voted with members of the opposite party on various occasions, Vance&#8217;s actions suggest he is more amenable to bipartisan efforts. For instance, he collaborated with Democratic Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), and John Fetterman (D-PA) on the Railway Safety Act following a train derailment incident in East Palestine, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Despite no longer being a senator, Harris has cast thirty-three votes since becoming vice president\u2014more than any previous vice president within such a short timeframe\u2014primarily when there are ties within her party&#8217;s ranks due to Democrats holding a slim majority of fifty-one seats against forty-nine Republicans. If elected vice president again alongside Trump\u2019s potential victory in November, it remains uncertain whether Vance would need to cast any tie-breaking votes at all.<\/p>\n<p>Should Harris win re-election as vice president this November while maintaining her current position of power over legislative processes\u2014including signing or vetoing bills\u2014she could significantly influence policy without requiring congressional approval through executive orders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2670,"featured_media":2322509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jd-vance-kamala-harris.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4021,3740,15469,37791],"class_list":["post-2322508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-harris","tag-senate","tag-vance","tag-voting-record"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jd-vance-kamala-harris.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2670"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}