Sen. Ricketts, Pete

Republican · Nebraska · Senate

John Peter Ricketts is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Nebraska since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 40th governor of Nebraska from 2015 to 2023.

Voting record

Participation: shows up to vote 98% of the time.
Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 24.5% of the time.
Alignment with the district's political lean: 58%.
Bills sponsored: 111; passed into law: 1.

Recent votes by Sen. Ricketts, Pete

Voted Nay on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Voted Not Voting on Tighten financial sanctions on Russia over Ukraine — CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
Voted Yea on Increase Medicare and Medicaid payments to rural hospitals — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Voted Yea on Speaker reserves procedural placeholder for House — Secure the Border Act of 2023
Voted Nay on Exempts active military pay from income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
Voted Not Voting on Procedural placeholder reserved for Speaker — Lower Drug Costs Now Act
Voted Yea on Raises passenger fees for airport improvements — Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
Voted Yea on Speaker reserves bill number for future legislation — Parents Bill of Rights Act
Voted Nay on Require Muslim Brotherhood foreign terrorist designation — Clean Energy for America Act
Voted Yea on Eliminates funding for National Endowment for Humanities — Social Security Fairness Act
Voted Nay on Extends federal funding through early 2025 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
Voted Yea on Close loophole for large independent banks — Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
Voted Yea on Shortens wetland disposal ban periods — FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
Voted Nay on Repeals 1991 and 2002 Iraq war authorizations — A bill to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.
Voted Yea on Blocked EPA wetlands protection rule — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'".

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