Tom Cotton
AnalysisR AR · Senate
Defense
-53Healthcare
+52Finance
-39Energy
-98Veterans Affairs
+198Agriculture
+109Sanctions
-58Transportation
-252National Security
-14Intelligence
+85Education
-43Government Operations
-11Trade
-51Technology
-33Appropriations
+93Immigration
-140Federal Budget
+162Foreign Policy
-70Housing
+83Labor
+37Industry Impact Profile
13376 industry impacts
How this is computed
P Primary sponsor · C Co-sponsor · Y Yea vote · N Nay vote
Weighted score (w:) uses strongest role per bill. Weights: Primary 1.0, Co-sponsor 0.3, Yea 0.1, Nay -0.1.
Bills where the legislator voted nay (without sponsorship) contribute -0.1 per bill. Equal yea and nay roll calls on the same bill contribute 0.
Vote date filters affect vote attribution; sponsorship is always included.
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Showing positive and negative-direction effects only. Mixed and uncertain effects are not included in these counts.
Votes by Industry (Yea/Nay Alignment)
How this legislator's Yea/Nay votes landed across industries; distinct from overall bill exposure above.
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| Industry | S+ | S- | O+ | O- | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Government (58 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Veterans Affairs (180),
Defense (158),
DoD (34),
VA (23),
EPA (22)
+53 more
|
+533 | ||||
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Veterans (141),
Military Families (16),
Military (3),
Foreign (2),
Taxpayers (1)
|
+240 | ||||
Defense (14 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Naval (2),
Nuclear (2),
Testing (2),
Ammunition (1),
Ground Vehicles (1)
+9 more
|
+78 | ||||
Military (2 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Families (1),
Space Force (1)
|
+29 | ||||
Healthcare (8 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Research (15),
Community (3),
Gender-Affirming Care (3),
Tribal (3),
Family Planning Services (2)
+3 more
|
+75 | ||||
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Child Care (3),
Immigrant Students (1),
Religious Studies (1),
Technical (1)
|
+34 | ||||
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Federal/Military (1),
Military/Pacific (1),
Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
|
- | +107 | |||
| Taxpayers | - | - | +18 | ||
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Coffee (2),
Commodities (2),
Hemp (2),
Livestock (2),
Coffee Production (1)
|
- | +142 | |||
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Foreign (7),
Electrical Equipment (2),
Defense (1),
Foreign Adversary (1)
|
+7 | ||||
| Transportation | +13 | ||||
| Immigration | - | -109 | |||
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
HSA (7),
HSA Administration (2),
Transgender Individuals (1)
|
+39 | ||||
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Medicaid (6),
Medicaid Programs (4),
Non-Expansion (3)
|
+3 | ||||
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Distributed Generation (1)
|
+28 |
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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills
s206-119
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo suspend normal trade relations with the People’s Republic of China and to increase the rates of duty applicable with respect to articles imported from the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
s209-119
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo protect children from medical malpractice in the form of gender-transition procedures.
s198-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteePLO and PA Terror Payments Accountability Act of 2025
s34-119
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo address the plea agreements for certain individuals detained at Guantanamo, and for other purposes.
s5371-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo require the maintenance of the country of origin markings for imported goods produced in the West Bank or Gaza, and for other purposes.
s4946-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo address the plea agreements for certain individuals detained at Guantanamo, and for other purposes.
s4484-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons of the International Criminal Court engaged in any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of the United States and its allies, and for other purposes.
s4344-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the firearm transfer tax, and for other purposes.
s3973-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that knowingly engage in political warfare on behalf of a foreign government or political party and to require a determination regarding the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes.
s3917-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo require the Secretary of Commerce to reimpose duties on steel imported into the United States from Mexico, and for other purposes.
s3334-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo require reports on and impose sanctions with respect to Iran's development of space-launch vehicles, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and unmanned aerial systems, and for other purposes.
s2785-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo gradually raise the Federal minimum wage, to permanently establish the E-Verify employment eligibility verification system, to mandate the use of E-Verify by all employers, and for other purposes.
s1511-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure that public institutions of higher education eschew policies that improperly constrain the expressive rights of students, and to ensure that private institutions of higher education are transparent about, and responsible for, their chosen speech policies.
s1504-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo ensure peace through strength in Israel by requiring a Department of Defense assessment of the quantity of precision-guided munitions and other munitions for use by Israel, and for other purposes.
s1242-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo exclude critical minerals that were extracted or processed in certain countries that are providing insufficient levels of assistance to Ukraine from being included for purposes of determining the amount of the clean vehicle tax credit.
s1136-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo direct the President to take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in the United States by citizens and entities of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
s1047-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo provide that the Federal Communications Commission may not prevent a State or Federal correctional facility from utilizing jamming equipment, and for other purposes.
s973-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo prohibit Federal contractors from imposing racial hiring quotas, benchmarks, or goals.
s939-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo counter the spread of the LOGINK logistics information platform, and for other purposes.
s872-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo identify social media entities under the influence of certain foreign entities and to take measures to protect the United States from such entities, and for other purposes.
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