Joni Ernst
AnalysisR IA · Senate
Defense
-49Healthcare
+29Finance
-84Energy
-45Agriculture
+102Veterans Affairs
+184Government Operations
-32Education
-37Trade
+2Appropriations
+93Transportation
-55Environment
-34Federal Budget
+162Technology
-12Housing
+74Criminal Justice
+15Foreign Policy
-33Immigration
-127Small Business
-4Science & Space
+25Industry Impact Profile
12223 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
sres67-118
CosponsorSupporting the goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month.
sres587-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA resolution designating the week of January 25 through January 31, 2026, as "National School Choice Week".
sres452-119
Cosponsor IntroducedA resolution designating the week beginning October 19, 2025, as "National Character Counts Week".
sres434-119
Cosponsor IntroducedA resolution expressing support for the designation of October 5 through October 11, 2025, as "National 4-H Week".
s2859-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeEqual Campus Access Act of 2025
s2886-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeAmerica’s CHILDREN Act of 2025
s2654-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to improve the biobased markets program, and for other purposes.
s2511-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeCollege Transparency Act
s2385-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeRestoring Truth and Sanity to American History Act
s2328-119
Cosponsor ReportedMilitary Learning for Credit Act of 2025
s1296-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeDETERRENT Act
s847-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeChild Care Availability and Affordability Act
sres89-119
CosponsorExpressing support for the designation of February 15 through February 22, 2025, as National FFA Week, recognizing the important role of the National FFA Organization in developing the next generation of leaders who will change the world, and celebrating the 90th anniversary of New Farmers of America and the 75th anniversary of the Future Farmers of America Federal charter.
s309-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo allow a State to submit a declaration of intent to the Secretary of Education to combine certain funds to improve the academic achievement of students.
s222-119
Cosponsor Signed into LawWhole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
s9-119
Cosponsor Voted Yea IntroducedTo provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
sres842-118
CosponsorDesignating the week beginning October 20, 2024, as National Character Counts Week.
s4962-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to combat campus sexual assault, and for other purposes.
s4760-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo establish requirements for investigations of certain complaints of discrimination.
s4755-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo reauthorize traumatic brain injury programs, and for other purposes.
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