Tim Kaine
American lawyer and politician
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| 2024 | Kaine was reelected for a third Senate term, defeating Republican nominee Hung Cao. |
| 2024 | Kaine expressed his support for an independent Palestine, advocating for recognition based on Palestinian willingness to coexist peacefully. |
| 2024 | Tim Kaine announced his candidacy for re-election to the U.S. Senate in the 2024 election. |
| 2024 | He was awarded the Maritime Leadership Award by the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA). |
| November 2024 | Voted to block United States' arms sales to Israel, joining 18 other senators. |
| November 2 2024 | Kaine made a surprise appearance on the November 2 episode of Saturday Night Live, where he was featured in a comedic segment involving guest host John Mulaney. |
| April 9 2024 | Tim Kaine's book, 'Walk Ride Paddle: A Life Outside', was published, chronicling his experiences hiking, biking, and kayaking across Virginia. |
| 2023 | Kaine co-sponsored legislation with Todd Young to repeal the 1991 and 2002 congressional resolutions that authorized military force, successfully passing the bill with bipartisan support. |
| 2023 | Kaine and Senator Rubio co-sponsored a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act requiring congressional approval for any U.S. withdrawal from NATO. |
| December 30 2023 | Kaine criticized President Biden's emergency sale of weapons to Israel during the Israel–Hamas war, questioning the bypassing of Congress on arms sales. |
| January 20 2023 | Tim Kaine announced his candidacy for reelection in 2024 during a press conference in Richmond, which relieved members of the Democratic Party who feared his retirement would have made the race more competitive. |
| 2022 | It was reported that Tim Kaine has long COVID symptoms. |
| 2022 | Kaine voted for the Respect for Marriage Act. |
| 2022 | Kaine voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, which aimed to cap insulin prices and allow negotiation of lower drug prices under Medicare. |
| March 2022 | Reported to be experiencing long COVID symptoms. |
| February 2021 | Kaine demanded answers from President Biden regarding airstrikes on Syria against Iran-backed militias, emphasizing the lack of legal justification provided to Congress beforehand. |
| May 28 2020 | Tim Kaine announced that he and his wife had tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies. |
| February 2020 | The Iran War Powers Resolution, introduced by Kaine, passed the Senate with a vote of 55–45, securing bipartisan support from eight Republican senators. |
| January 2020 | Tim Kaine introduced a new war powers resolution aimed at prohibiting the U.S. from engaging in hostilities against Iran without congressional approval within 30 days, unless responding to an imminent threat. |
| 2019 | Kaine co-sponsored the South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act, aimed at disrupting China's claims in disputed zones. |
| 2019 | Kaine was among 34 Senate Democrats who signed a letter urging President Trump to reconsider cuts to U.S. foreign aid to Northern Triangle countries in Central America. |
| September 2019 | Amid government shutdown discussions, Kaine signed a letter advocating for legislation to permanently fund health care and pension benefits for retired coal miners. |
| August 2019 | Kaine was one of 19 Democratic senators who requested data from the Trump administration regarding the potential impact on healthcare if Texas succeeded in its lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act. |
| July 2019 | Tim Kaine was one of 22 senators to sign a letter, led by Senator Tammy Duckworth, opposing the Trump administration's intention to end deportation protections for spouses, parents, and children of active-duty service members. |
| July 2019 | Tim Kaine, alongside 15 other Senate Democrats, introduced the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act, a bill aimed at regulating ICE enforcement actions at sensitive locations such as schools and hospitals. |
| July 31 2019 | Tim Kaine co-sponsored a bill to ban the death penalty after the U.S. Attorney General announced the resumption of federal executions for the first time in over 20 years. |
| June 2019 | Kaine cosponsored the Help Empower Americans to Respond (HEAR) Act, which sought to ban the importation and sale of suppressors and included a silencer buyback program in response to the Virginia Beach shooting. |
| June 2019 | Kaine was one of 18 senators who signed a letter requesting an explanation from Pompeo regarding the State Department's lack of recognition for Pride Month. |
| April 2019 | Kaine signed a bipartisan letter advocating for maximum funding for carbon capture and utilization technologies, opposing President Trump's budget request that combined federal programs related to carbon capture research. |
| April 2019 | Kaine was one of 41 senators to sign a bipartisan letter supporting HUD's Section 4 Capacity Building program, which promotes economic and community development and opposed its proposed elimination in the Trump's Fiscal Year 2020 budget. |
| March 2019 | Kaine was one of 11 senators to sponsor the Climate Security Act of 2019, advocating for the integration of climate science into national security operations. |
| February 2019 | Kaine signed a letter to insulin manufacturers regarding significant price increases and the consequences for patient access to critical medications. |
| January 2019 | Kaine introduced the American Miners Act of 2019, aimed at amending the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act to protect miners' pensions and health care amid coal company bankruptcies. |
| 2018 | Kaine was one of seven senators to sign a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing difficulties reconciling facts with the Trump administration's certifications regarding Saudi Arabia's actions in Yemen. |
| 2018 | Kaine and Senator Michael Bennet proposed 'Medicare X,' a public health insurance option designed to be available alongside private options in ACA insurance marketplaces. |
| 2018 | Kaine was reelected to a second Senate term, defeating Republican Corey Stewart. |
| 2018 | Tim Kaine announced his intention to run for reelection to the U.S. Senate, aiming to replicate the long tenure of former Senator John Warner. |
| 2018 | Kaine criticized Trump for authorizing a precision military strike on Syria without consulting Congress, labeling the action as an 'illegal military act'. |
| 2018 | In the 2018 Senate election, Tim Kaine received the endorsement of The Richmond Times-Dispatch, which was significant as it was the first Democratic endorsement from the paper in decades. |
| December 2018 | Kaine was one of 42 senators to sign a letter to Trump administration officials opposing the misuse of Section 1332 of the ACA, arguing it would increase healthcare costs and weaken protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions. |
| October 2018 | Kaine was one of 20 senators to sign a letter urging Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to reverse a policy denying visas to same-sex partners of LGBTQ diplomats. |
| March 2018 | Kaine signed a letter along with nine other senators to request a hearing on the causes and remedies of mass shootings following the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. |
| February 2018 | Kaine was one of 18 senators to sign a letter to President Trump, arguing that a preventative or preemptive military strike against North Korea would require congressional approval and lacked a constitutional basis. |
| 2017 | Kaine continued to criticize Trump's 'authoritarian tendencies' following his inauguration, highlighting attacks on media, judges, and peaceful protesters. |
| 2017 | Kaine and Portman introduced the Educating Tomorrow's Workforce Act to the Senate, which aimed to further support career and technical education initiatives. |
| 2017 | Kaine was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. |
| November 2017 | Kaine was a cosponsor of the Military Domestic Violence Reporting Enhancement Act, aimed at reporting domestic violence convictions to federal databases to prevent abusers from purchasing firearms. |
| July 2017 | Tim Kaine expanded on his proposed grand strategy in an interview at the Brookings Institution with international relations scholar Robert Kagan. |
| July 2017 | Kaine voted for the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which placed sanctions on Iran, Russia, and North Korea. |
| April 2017 | Following the Shayrat missile strike ordered by Trump, Kaine stated that there was no legal justification for the action, asserting that it should have been brought before Congress. |
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