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Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson

R WI · Senate

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Defense

-69
Helped 757 Hurt 826 Unclear 503

Healthcare

+33
Helped 266 Hurt 233 Unclear 152

Finance

-68
Helped 212 Hurt 280 Unclear 81

Veterans Affairs

+186
Helped 327 Hurt 141 Unclear 80

Energy

-35
Helped 210 Hurt 245 Unclear 82

Agriculture

+107
Helped 273 Hurt 166 Unclear 95

Education

-21
Helped 129 Hurt 150 Unclear 92

Appropriations

+93
Helped 203 Hurt 110 Unclear 17

Federal Budget

+162
Helped 207 Hurt 45 Unclear 36

Trade

+4
Helped 125 Hurt 121 Unclear 25

Housing

+91
Helped 160 Hurt 69 Unclear 14

Transportation

-53
Helped 66 Hurt 119 Unclear 55

Government Operations

-13
Helped 59 Hurt 72 Unclear 94

Immigration

-114
Helped 29 Hurt 143 Unclear 32

Environment

-47
Helped 43 Hurt 90 Unclear 41

Technology

+11
Helped 77 Hurt 66 Unclear 24

Labor

-16
Helped 44 Hurt 60 Unclear 44

Criminal Justice

+30
Helped 79 Hurt 49 Unclear 10

Foreign Policy

+1
Helped 56 Hurt 55 Unclear 21

Foreign Affairs

+4
Helped 51 Hurt 47 Unclear 30
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

10058 industry impacts

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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.

Positive-Effect Industries

Direct (1285), Veterans Affairs (114), Defense (93), DoD (33), VA (19), Executive (16), USDA (16), Legislative (12), Agriculture (11), Congress (11), Treasury (11), CMS (9), NPS (7), State (7), Justice (6), Oversight (6), DOJ (4), Education (4), Foreign Affairs (4), ICE (4), Judiciary (4), DHS (3), Transportation (3), Cemeteries (2), FDA (2), FEMA (2), Housing (2), Interior/USDA (2), International Development (2), Local (2), Military Logistics (2), NASA (2), SBA (2), SSA (2), Defense R&D (1), HHS (1), Intelligence (1), Judicial (1), Manufacturing (1), OMB (1)
Direct (224), Veterans (121), Military Families (16), Military (3), Foreign (2)
Direct (211), Naval (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1), Missiles (1), Missiles/Hypersonics (1), Nuclear C3 (1), Rotorcraft (1), Small Business (1), Small/Innovative (1), Space Systems (1)
Direct (184), Research (15), Community (3), Tribal (3)
Direct (154), Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
Direct (148), Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2)
Direct (143), Child Care (3), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1)

Negative-Effect Industries

Direct (852), Veterans Affairs (66), Defense (65), EPA (22), NPS (11), FDA (9), Education (8), Agriculture (7), BLM (7), Forest Service (7), HHS (7), Foreign (5), CFPB (4), Treasury/IRS (4), VA (4), DHS (3), Executive (3), Legislative (3), NOAA (3), NOAA/EPA (3), SEC (3), Acquisition (2), Congress (2), Defense Acquisition (2), Intelligence (2), Military (2), Coast Guard (1), DoD (1), Energy/Defense (1), FDIC (1), Federal Reserve (1), Housing (1), Interior Department (1), Judiciary (1), NNSA (1), OCC (1), Space Force (1), Strategic Command (1), Treasury (1), U.S. Coast Guard (1), USDA (1), Waste Management (1)
Direct (144), Nuclear (2), Logistics (1), Maintenance (1)
Direct (110), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Family Planning Services (2), Public Health (2), Reproductive Health (2), Safety Net Providers (2)

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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.

Analysis coverage
100.0% of votes
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S+ Supported Benefits
S- Supported Burdens
O+ Opposed Benefits
O- Opposed Burdens
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
+541
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

s1201-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To reform the labor laws of the United States, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Apr 19, 2023
Consumers Federal Government Lobbying Business

s1108-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and for other purposes.

5 clauses Mar 30, 2023
Regulated Industries Environmental Groups Consumers Federal Government

s1068-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To ensure that State and local law enforcement officers are permitted to cooperate with Federal officials to protect our communities from violent criminals and suspected terrorists who are illegally present in the United States.

3 clauses Mar 30, 2023
Environmental Groups Immigrant Communities Federal Government National Security

s443-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of LIFO inventory for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

1 clause Feb 15, 2023
Lobbying Transportation Consumers Federal Government

s453-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the implementation of new requirements to report bank account deposits and withdrawals.

1 clause Feb 15, 2023
Financial Services Consumers Federal Government

s420-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to facilities that refuse to provide treatment based on COVID–19 vaccination status.

1 clause Feb 14, 2023
Regulated Industries Consumers Federal Government

s398-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prevent the use of additional Internal Revenue Service funds from being used for audits of taxpayers with taxable incomes below $400,000 in order to protect low- and middle-income earning American taxpayers from an onslaught of audits from an army of new Internal Revenue Service auditors funded by an unprecedented, nearly $80,000,000,000, infusion of new funds.

1 clause Feb 14, 2023
Regulated Industries Consumers Federal Government

s319-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the President from issuing moratoria on leasing and permitting energy and minerals on certain Federal land.

1 clause Feb 9, 2023
Agriculture Oil & Gas Energy Production Federal Government

s338-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide accountability for funding provided to the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Treasury under Public Law 117–169.

4 clauses Feb 9, 2023
Environmental Groups Scientific Research Federal Government National Security

s276-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the vetting and processing of illegal aliens apprehended along the southwest border and to ensure that all laws are being upheld.

1 clause Feb 7, 2023
Environmental Groups Foreign Businesses Immigrant Communities Federal Government

s293-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Feb 7, 2023
Telecommunications Financial Services Federal Government National Security

sres29-118

Cosponsor

Designating the week beginning February 5, 2023, as National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week.

1 clause Feb 2, 2023
Education Native American Tribes

s204-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To 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.

2 clauses Feb 1, 2023
Healthcare Consumers Federal Government Consumers Law Enforcement

s214-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.

2 clauses Feb 1, 2023
Business Consumers Federal Government

s184-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.

10 clauses Jan 31, 2023
All Industries Federal Government General Public Civic and Social Organizations

s197-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To permanently enact certain appropriations Act restrictions on the use of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations, and for other purposes.

1 clause Jan 31, 2023
Financial Services Healthcare Consumers Scientific Research Federal Government

s135-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide for a period of continuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal appropriations process, and establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to enact appropriations.

3 clauses Jan 30, 2023
Disaster Relief And Emergency Management Consumers Federal Government National Security

s108-118

Cosponsor Reported

To require a guidance clarity statement on certain agency guidance, and for other purposes.

1 clause Jan 26, 2023
Regulated Industries Individual Rights Federal Government

s123-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To protect American small businesses, gig workers, and freelancers by repealing the burdensome American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 transactions reporting threshold, and to rescind certain funding provided to the Internal Revenue Service under section 10301 of Public Law 117–169.

2 clauses Jan 26, 2023
Business Consumers Federal Government

s110-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To 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.

5 clauses Jan 26, 2023
Education Federal Government Consumers Homeowners

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