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Total votes
890
Missed
8 (0.9%)
Committees
6
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
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Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Backs a firm diplomatic approach toward Russia over Ukraine, including sanctions, and supported U.S. strikes on Iran to prevent weapons-grade uranium production.
Multiple nays on resolutions to remove forces from Iran support firm stance and strikes.
🗳 Nay on SJRES181 (2026-07-30)🗳 Nay on SJRES180 (2026-07-23)🗳 Nay on SJRES185 (2026-06-24)🗳 Nay on SJRES185 (2026-05-19)
Supports the SAVE Act requiring proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration.
Yea votes on S2 support citizenship proof and photo ID requirements.
Supports stronger border security and enforcement against illegal immigration, while backing legal immigration, guest-worker/H-2B visa programs, and merit-based reform without amnesty.
No votes or bills address border security, enforcement, visas, or amnesty reform.
Argues legal immigration, including skilled foreign-born workers, is critical to filling labor shortages and winning the AI race against China.
No votes or bills address skilled workers, labor shortages, or AI competition.
Supports using tariffs as leverage to negotiate new trade deals, especially for agricultural exports, while expressing concern about market impacts.
No votes or bills address tariffs, trade deals, or agricultural exports.
Advocates for pro-business, low-tax federal policies, reduced regulation on small businesses, and expanded trade opportunities.
No votes or bills address low taxes, regulation reduction, or trade expansion.
Supports a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and actively managing drivers of the national debt including Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
No votes or bills address balanced budget amendment or entitlement reform.
Supports lowering taxes and streamlining the tax code.
No votes or bills address lowering taxes or tax code streamlining.
Supports eliminating the Department of Education and returning control to local communities.
No votes or bills address eliminating the Department of Education.
Strong supporter of the Second Amendment who works to protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
No votes or bills address Second Amendment protections.
Pro-life; supports banning certain abortion procedures and signed a trigger law prohibiting abortion except to save the mother's life.
No votes or bills address abortion bans or trigger laws.
Opposes Biden administration Title IX changes that allow biological males to compete in women's and girls' sports.
No votes or bills address Title IX changes or biological males in sports.
Supports an all-of-the-above approach to American energy independence and domestic energy development.
No votes or bills address all-of-the-above energy independence.
Supports securing the border to stop the flow of illegal drugs and human trafficking.
No votes or bills address border security or drug/trafficking enforcement.
Supported supplemental appropriations providing funding for Ukraine.
No votes or bills address supplemental funding for Ukraine.
Supported supplemental appropriations providing funding and munitions support for Israel.
No votes or bills address supplemental funding or munitions for Israel.
Supports adequately funding, training and equipping the U.S. military to keep it the best in the world.
No votes or bills address military funding, training, or equipping.
S. 5375 — A bill to provide for records preservation processes for certain at-risk Afghan allies.
2026-08-07 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
S. 5373 — A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to limit the compensation and benefits provided to executive officers of the Postal Service, and for other purposes.
2026-08-07 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4567-4568)
S. 5310 — Robotics Supply Chain Improvement Act
2026-08-06 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S. 5277 — RANCH Act
2026-08-06 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
S. 5240 — REACH Our Tribes Act
2026-08-04 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
S. 5211 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
2026-07-27 · Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S4276)