Sen. Luján, Ben Ray
Democrat · New Mexico · Senate
Ben Ray Luján is an American politician who has served as the junior United States senator from New Mexico since 2021. He served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 3rd congressional district from 2009 to 2021 and as assistant speaker from 2019 to 2021. He served as a member of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission from 2005 to 2008, where he also served as chairman. He and Senator Martin Heinrich are the co-deans of New Mexico's congressional delegation. Luján is a self-described progressive Democrat.
Voting record
- Participation: shows up to vote 99% of the time.
- Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 32.4% of the time.
- Alignment with the district's political lean: 64.2%.
- Bills sponsored: 250; passed into law: 0.
Recent votes by Sen. Luján, Ben Ray
- Voted Yea 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 Yea on Increase Medicare and Medicaid payments to rural hospitals — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- Voted Nay 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 Yea 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 Nay 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 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 Blocks federal vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard".
- Voted Nay 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'".
- Voted Yea on Ends COVID-19 national emergency declaration — A joint resolution relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020.
- Voted Yea on Funds firefighter grants, speeds nuclear reactor licensing — A bill to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire Administration and firefighter assistance grant programs.
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