page_title: Tim Kaine
section_title: Tenure
hierarchical_section_title: Tim Kaine / United States senator (since 2013) / Tenure
caption_attribution_description: English: Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) visits the Pentagon food court March 4, 2013 to speak to Department of Defense employees, and Virginia constituents about the effects sequestration will have on them. (DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo) (Released)
context_page_description: Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine is an American politician. He is serving as the junior United States Senator from Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Kaine was first elected to the Senate in 2012.
  Kaine declared his candidacy for Governor of Virginia in 2005 in a bid to replace Mark Warner
context_section_description: Kaine was sworn in for a six-year term on January 3, 2013
  On June 11, 2013, Kaine delivered a speech on the Senate floor in support of the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" immigration bill. The speech was entirely in Spanish, marking the first time a Senator had ever made a speech on the Senate floor in a language other than English.
  As a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Kaine pushed for a new Congressional authorization of military force for the American operations against ISIL. Kaine supported the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran, though he also helped Republican Senator Bob Corker hold a vote on a resolution of disapproval on the deal. Kaine undertook several trips throughout the Middle East, meeting with the leaders of states such as Turkey and Israel.
  While in the Senate, Kaine has continued to teach part-time at the University of Richmond.
caption: Kaine at The Pentagon, 2013
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