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
s2309-119
Cosponsor ReportedVeteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act
s1748-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeKids Online Safety Act
s1261-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeCONNECT for Health Act of 2025
s201-119
Cosponsor Signed into LawACES Act of 2025
s209-119
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo protect children from medical malpractice in the form of gender-transition procedures.
s186-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo prohibit taxpayer funded abortions.
s2016-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.
s1507-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo provide grants to State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to use chemical screening devices in order to enhance law enforcement efficiency and protect law enforcement officers.
s1223-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo improve certain criminal provisions.
s973-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo prohibit Federal contractors from imposing racial hiring quotas, benchmarks, or goals.
s822-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo terminate the Department of Defense memorandum relating to access to abortions, to prohibit the use of travel and transportation allowances, medical convalescent leave, and administrative absences to travel to obtain abortions, and for other purposes.
s635-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo protect children from medical malpractice in the form of gender transition procedures.
s614-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo codify the temporary scheduling order for fentanyl-related substances by adding fentanyl-related substances to schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
s505-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform immigration parole, and for other purposes.
s204-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
s166-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave for the spontaneous loss of an unborn child, and for other purposes.
s95-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the approval of new abortion drugs, to prohibit investigational use exemptions for abortion drugs, and to impose additional regulatory requirements with respect to previously approved abortion drugs, and for other purposes.
s107-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food and Drug Administration’s jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of traditional and premium cigars.
s16-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo prohibit the award of Federal funds to an institution of higher education that hosts or is affiliated with a student-based service site that provides abortion drugs or abortions to students of the institution or to employees of the institution or site, and for other purposes.
s13-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
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