How did Tina Smith vote on major legislation in 2022?
Executive summary
Available sources list places to find Tina Smith’s 2022 roll-call behavior (Congressional Record / Congress.gov) and third‑party compilations (Ballotpedia, Vote Smart, GovTrack, BillTrack50) but do not provide a concise, itemized list of “major” 2022 votes in the search results supplied here; specific vote outcomes for named 2022 bills are not enumerated in these excerpts (not found in current reporting) [1] [2] [3] [4]. Performance metrics and interest‑group scorecards (AFL‑CIO, Heritage Action) indicate she generally voted with labor in 2022 and had a low Heritage score, but those are summary measures rather than itemized votes [5] [6].
1. Where to find Tina Smith’s 2022 votes — official roll calls and compilations
The authoritative, primary source for every Senate roll‑call in 2022 is Congress.gov and the Congressional Record; Tina Smith’s member page there lists the Congressional Record entries and vote-related items for 2022, which reporters and researchers use to compile exact votes [2]. For more user‑friendly summaries, Ballotpedia, Vote Smart (VoteSmart/JustFacts), BillTrack50 and GovTrack collect or index key votes and voting records for Tina Smith — these sites are starting points for identifying which votes people call “major” [1] [3] [4] [7].
2. What the summaries say about Smith’s 2022 posture — labor, confirmations, attendance
Labor groups rated Smith very favorably in 2022: the AFL‑CIO scorecard shows 100% alignment for the year listed, which signifies she voted the AFL‑CIO’s preferred positions in their tracked votes for 2022 [5]. Conversely, Heritage Action’s scorecard assigns a low lifetime score (4%), reflecting consistent disagreement with that conservative policy group’s priorities; the search snippets show Heritage’s page but not a year‑by‑year breakdown in these excerpts [6]. GovTrack notes confirmation votes and attendance metrics overall — for example, GovTrack reports her missed‑vote rate through Oct 2025 but also logs nominations she voted on in 2022 [7] [2].
3. What these sources do not provide in the excerpts — specific major 2022 bill votes
The supplied search results do not present a clear list of how Smith voted on particular marquee 2022 bills (for example, any named appropriations, major foreign‑policy authorizations, or large domestic bills) in the snippets shown here; therefore I cannot authoritatively list her yea/nay on specific 2022 “major” measures from these results alone (not found in current reporting) [1] [2] [3].
4. Examples of the kinds of votes you can confirm with the linked sources
Using Congress.gov and the Congressional Record entries on her member page, a researcher can retrieve individual 2022 roll‑call votes, including cloture and confirmation votes and recorded passage votes; Ballotpedia identifies “key votes” it considers marquee, and Vote Smart curates “key votes” by issue — both are built from the underlying roll calls and would provide the bill names and her recorded votes when accessed in full [2] [1] [3].
5. How interest‑group scores help but also limit interpretation
The AFL‑CIO’s 100% for 2022 indicates Smith voted consistently with organized‑labor positions on the votes that group tracked, a useful shorthand for her posture on worker‑centered issues [5]. Heritage Action’s low score signals the opposite on conservative priorities [6]. These summaries are valuable for quick context but do not show nuance — they do not reveal how she voted on any single named bill or explain strategic procedural votes versus final passage votes [5] [6].
6. Suggested next steps to get a bill‑by‑bill account
To compile a precise, itemized list of Smith’s votes on “major” 2022 legislation, consult Congress.gov/Her Congressional Record entries for 2022 (the primary roll‑call source) and cross‑reference with Ballotpedia or Vote Smart’s “key votes” pages; BillTrack50 and GovTrack also let you filter by year and bill to produce a list of recorded votes [2] [1] [3] [4] [7].
Limitations: the search results provided here contain site pages and scorecards but not the detailed, named 2022 vote outcomes in their excerpts, so I cannot state Smith’s yea/nay on specific 2022 bills from these snippets alone (not found in current reporting) [1] [2] [3].