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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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 |
Votes are cast on entire bills; attribution to individual clauses does not imply clause-level intent. Learn more
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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills
sres21-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeDesignating October 10, 2025, as American Girls in Sports Day.
sres22-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeConcerning the National Collegiate Athletic Association policy for eligibility in women’s sports.
s74-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require the Attorney General to submit to Congress a report relating to violence against women in athletics.
s52-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require a DNA test to determine the familial relationship between an alien and an accompanying minor.
s53-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require the Secretary of Homeland Security to fingerprint noncitizen minors entering the United States who are suspected of being victims of human trafficking, to require the Secretary to publicly disclose the number of such minors who are fingerprinted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials and the number of child traffickers who are apprehended by CBP, to impose criminal penalties on noncitizen adults who use unrelated minors to gain entry into the United States, and for other purposes.
s50-119
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo prohibit the intentional hindering of immigration, border, and customs controls, and for other purposes.
sres19-119
CosponsorHonoring the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter and commending President Jimmy Carter for his life-long career of public service, humanitarian leadership, diplomacy, and courageous advocacy.
s68-119
Primary Sponsor ReportedComplete COVID Collections Act
s65-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.
s33-119
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions.
s21-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeREMOTE Act
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.
s23-119
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo require the head of each Executive agency to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to the headquarters of the Executive agency to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, and for other purposes.
s22-119
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo establish a competitive bidding process for the relocation of the headquarters of Executive agencies, and for other purposes.
s5-119
Cosponsor Voted Yea Signed into LawLaken Riley Act
s5614-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo require the head of each Executive agency to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to the headquarters of the Executive agency to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, and for other purposes.
s5582-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the biodiesel fuels credit and the biodiesel mixture credit.
s5551-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo extend the statute of limitations for offenses relating to pandemic-era programs to be 10 years.
s5501-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate 30 percent of the employees assigned to headquarters to duty stations outside the Washington metropolitan area, and for other purposes.
sres925-118
CosponsorRelating to the death of the Honorable Fred R. Harris, former Senator for the State of Oklahoma.
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