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Ernst, Joni

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Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking

Congress	Sponsored	Cosponsored	Recorded votes	Participation
119th · current	7	15	640	98%
118th	81	299	—	—
117th	76	422	—	—
116th	52	380	—	—
115th	34	226	—	—

Descriptive counts per Congress — sponsored/cosponsored measures, recorded votes cast, and participation (votes cast ÷ recorded, shown only where the denominator is ingested). This is not an effectiveness score, alignment, or rank. Recorded votes reflect ingested chambers (House member casts across the supported range; Senate member casts are not linked — see Coverage).

Service history5 Congresses of supported coverage

Congress	Chamber	State	District	Party
119th · current	Senate	Iowa	—	Republican
118th	Senate	Iowa	—	Republican
117th	Senate	Iowa	—	Republican
116th	Senate	Iowa	—	Republican
115th	Senate	Iowa	—	Republican

Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.

Legislative activity · 115th Congress · historical · Senate

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Sponsored · 115th34

—Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2017s 1791 —Prioritizing Veterans Access to Mental Health Care Act of 2017s 1881 —Prove It Act of 2017s 2014 —SQUEAL Acts 2033 —Military SAVE Acts 2112 —Protect Funding for Women's Health Care Acts 241 —CERTIFY Heroes Acts 2534 —Give Our Resources the Opportunity to Work Act of 2018s 2557 —Political Appointee Burrowing Prevention Acts 2581 —SWAMP Acts 2592 —Access to Increased Drug Disposal Act of 2018s 2645 —National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Act of 2018s 2806 —No Budget, No Vacation Acts 2930 —Department of Defense Emergency Response Capabilities Database Enhancement Act of 2017s 307 —PRO Sports Acts 3086 —United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Acts 3166 —EDU Act of 2018s 3489 —Ensuring Quality Care for our Veterans Acts 3501 —FAIR Leave Acts 3593 —Department of Energy Veterans Health Initiative Acts 3656 —Sarah's Laws 37 —VETS Act of 2017s 925 —Global War on Terrorism War Memorial Acts 926 —Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Acts 93 —A resolution recognizing the Sailors and Marines who sacrificed their lives for ship and shipmates while fighting the devastating 1967 fire onboard USS Forrestal and, during the week of the 50th anniversary of the tragic event, commemorating the efforts of those who survived.sres 234 —A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients.sjres 13 —A bill to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to submit to Congress a report on the utilization of small businesses with respect to certain Federal contracts.s 1038 —Credit for Caring Act of 2017s 1151 —E-STOP Acts 1243 —A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for a one-year extension of the suicide prevention and resilience program for the National Guard and Reserves.s 1316

Cosponsored · 115th226

—Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019hr 5895 —CLEAR Relief Act of 2017s 1002 —Chinese-American World War II Veteran Congressional Gold Medal Acts 1050 —Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017s 1084 —Thin Blue Line Acts 1085 —Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Acts 109 —Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017s 1094 —College Transparency Acts 1121 —FUELS Acts 1207 —Cannabidiol Research Expansion Acts 1276 —PRIVATE Acts 1296 —No Budget, No Pay Acts 14 —Teachers Are Leaders Acts 1413 —Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2017s 1448 —HELLPP Acts 1533 —Advocacy Empowerment Act of 2017s 1558 —Hearing Small Businesses Act of 2017s 1559 —Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2017s 1589 —Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2018s 1595 —Bob Dole Congressional Gold Medal Acts 1616 —Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act of 2017s 1628 —Recreation Not Red-Tape Acts 1633 —Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017s 1693 —GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2017s 17 —Combating BDS Act of 2017s 170 —CBO Show Your Work Acts 1746 —Rebuild America Now Acts 1756 —Employee Rights Acts 1774 —Accountability Through Electronic Verification Acts 179 —A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the accuracy of geographic adjustment factors under the Medicare program and to permanently extend certain adjustments to such factors for certain localities, and for other purposes.s 1825

Campaign financefederal · source: FEC

FEC candidate S4IA00129 · ERNST, JONI K → (Senate IA) · linked deterministic

Cycle	Receipts	Disbursements	Cash on hand
2024	$2,921,863	$1,655,756	$2,239,843
2022	$2,035,244	$1,589,924	$973,736
2020	$27,693,029	$28,527,764	$528,415
2018	$1,765,599	$843,336	$1,363,150
2016	$1,109,368	$894,689	$0

14 authorized/associated committees · 100 reported independent expenditures. Full campaign-finance record →Reported campaign-finance facts about the linked FEC candidate. This is distinct from the legislative record above and implies nothing about how the member legislated — money and votes are not causally linked here.

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