Sen. Risch, James E.

Republican · Idaho · Senate

James Elroy Risch is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Idaho since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served as lieutenant governor of Idaho under governors Dirk Kempthorne and Butch Otter, and briefly as governor between their terms.

Voting record

• Participation: shows up to vote 97% of the time.
• Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 27.9% of the time.
• Alignment with the district's political lean: 70.1%.
• Bills sponsored: 250; passed into law: 1.

Recent votes by Sen. Risch, James E.

• Voted Nay on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
• Voted Yea on Tightens banking sanctions on Russia — 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 federal income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
• Voted Nay on Procedural placeholder reserved for Speaker — Lower Drug Costs Now Act
• Voted Yea on Increases airport passenger fees through 2030 — Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
• Voted Yea on Speaker reserves bill number for future legislation — Parents Bill of Rights Act
• Voted Nay on Designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group — Clean Energy for America Act
• Voted Yea on Eliminates funding for National Endowment for Humanities — Social Security Fairness Act
• Voted Nay on Grants to help foreign-trained health workers — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
• Voted Yea on Large independent banks face stricter oversight — Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
• Voted Yea on Limits EPA power over wetland disposal sites — FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
• Voted Yea on Boosts crime victims fund with settlement money — A bill to deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching requirements, and for other purposes.
• Voted Yea on Historic infrastructure investment across transportation, water, broadband — A bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.

Other Idaho representatives

• Sen. Crapo, Mike (Republican)
• Rep. Fulcher, Russ (Republican)
• Rep. Simpson, Michael K. (Republican)

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