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
s1636-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect access to telehealth services under the Medicare program.
sres215-118
CosponsorSupporting the mission and goals of National Fentanyl Awareness Day in 2023, including increasing individual and public awareness of the impact of fake or counterfeit fentanyl pills on families and young people.
s1619-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo require the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy to counter fentanyl trafficking in the United States, and for other purposes.
s1569-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo protect law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
s1489-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo establish the National Task Force on the Response of the United States to the COVID–19 Pandemic.
s1478-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo designate United States Route 20 in the States of Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Massachusetts as the National Medal of Honor Highway, and for other purposes.
s1498-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require the Secretary of Defense to use, transfer, or donate all excess construction materials intended for the wall on the southwest border of the United States that are being stored by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
s1494-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo terminate certain contracts relating to the construction of the border fence and to transfer unused border fence materials to the States along the southwest border of the United States.
s1470-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Small Business Act relating to small business concerns owned and controlled by women, and for other purposes.
s1469-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo require certification of small business concerns as small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans in order to be counted toward goals for contract awards, and for other purposes.
s1411-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend title 5, United States Code, to require greater transparency for Federal regulatory decisions that impact small businesses, and for other purposes.
s1409-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo protect the safety of children on the internet.
s1375-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to apply additional payments, discounts, and other financial assistance towards the cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans, and for other purposes.
s1349-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo establish a postsecondary student data system.
s1361-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for floodplain easement restoration and management, and for other purposes.
s1334-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo require the Secretary of Defense to develop, in cooperation with allies and partners in the Middle East, an integrated maritime domain awareness and interdiction capability, and for other purposes.
s1312-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo reprogram $15,000,000,000 to improve border security and enforcement, and for other purposes.
s1258-118
Primary Sponsor Passed SenateTo require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to Congress an annual report on projects that are over budget and behind schedule, and for other purposes.
s1271-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo impose sanctions with respect to trafficking of illicit fentanyl and its precursors by transnational criminal organizations, including cartels, and for other purposes.
s1259-118
Primary Sponsor IntroducedTo prohibit the provision of Federal assistance to transit and rail projects with significant cost overruns and that are projected to lose money, and for other purposes.
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