Darline Graham

Cosponsored a set of immigration enforcement bills. They would abolish sanctuary cities, narrow birthright citizenship, penalize the employment of workers in the country illegally, and widen the power to deport people law enforcement considers dangerous.

July 23, 2026Opposes Immigration

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Backed the Protecting American Taxpayers Act, which is meant to cut fraud in government assistance programs after reports of large-scale fraud in Minnesota and California. She said taxpayers expect their money to go to worthy causes rather than to criminals.

July 24, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Cosponsored the Major Richard Star Act, which would let service members who had to retire on medical grounds because of combat injuries before twenty years of service draw both their retirement pay and their veterans disability pay. Nearly 60,000 veterans are barred from collecting both today.

July 31, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Ran South Carolina's Commission for the Blind from 2019, working on employment and training for people who are blind or have low vision, after a career in publicly funded vocational rehabilitation. Colleagues credited her with work behind South Carolina's 2022 measure ending subminimum wages for workers with disabilities, which passed with near-unanimous support.

July 18, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Cosponsored seven bills expanding gun rights. They would let a concealed carry permit from one state be honored in others, and shield gun makers and sellers from lawsuits. They would also stop the federal firearms agency from keeping records handed over by dealers who close, and take short-barreled rifles and shotguns and gun silencers out of the National Firearms Act.

July 24, 2026Opposes Gun Control

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Cosponsored six bills restricting abortion. They would block approval of new abortion drugs and add rules to approved ones, and require hospital care for children who survive an abortion. They would make the ban on federal funding for abortion permanent and bar United States foreign aid from funding it. Two others would require colleges to tell pregnant students what support is available, and create criminal penalties for forcing someone into an abortion.

July 22, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to pass H.R. 5334, the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, imposing sanctions and tariffs tied to Russia and extending Iran sanctions. It passed the Senate 86-11.

August 7, 2026Opposes Foreign Trade

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Cosponsored four bills backing Israel: expanding U.S.-Israel research and defense cooperation, supporting internet access and political rights for Iranians, widening sanctions on people moving Iranian oil, and giving the Education Department new tools against antisemitism.

August 13, 2026

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Voted to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general of the United States. The Senate confirmed him 50 to 49.

August 8, 2026

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Voted in the Senate Judiciary Committee to send Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general to the floor. The committee reported it out 12 to 10.

August 4, 2026

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Cosponsored the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act and three related bills. They would end federal funding for schools that let transgender women compete on women's teams, and bar national governing bodies from allowing it in female-only competition. They would also require a report to Congress on safety and fairness in women's athletics, and narrow the anti-discrimination clause of Title IX to sex assigned at birth.

July 30, 2026

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Cosponsored the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, the first bill she put her name to as a senator. It would require photo identification and documentary proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.

July 21, 2026

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Took the oath of office as a United States senator for South Carolina, a day after being appointed to fill the vacancy left by the death of Lindsey Graham, her brother. She had never held elected office. She holds a sociology degree from the College of Charleston and a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling from South Carolina State University, and worked as a vocational rehabilitation counselor and as commissioner of the South Carolina Commission for the Blind.

July 14, 2026

Source: dgraham.senate.gov · researched September 5, 2026