Sen. Ernst, Joni
Republican · Iowa · Senate
Joni Kay Ernst is an American politician and retired military officer serving since 2015 as the junior United States senator from Iowa. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Voting record
- Participation: shows up to vote 99% of the time.
- Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 35.3% of the time.
- Alignment with the district's political lean: 53.1%.
- Bills sponsored: 250; passed into law: 0.
Recent votes by Sen. Ernst, Joni
- Voted Nay on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
- Voted Yea on Tighten financial sanctions on Russia over Ukraine — CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
- Voted Nay 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 Yea on Exempts active military pay from income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
- Voted Nay 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 Yea 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 Yea 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 U.S. semiconductor and tech R&D investment surge — A bill to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes.
- Voted Nay on Repeals 1991 and 2002 Iraq war authorizations — A bill to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.
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