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Ernst, Joni

Senate · Iowa · E000295Sign in to watch / set alerts
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Legislative activity across Congressesfactual — not a ranking
CongressSponsoredCosponsoredRecorded votesParticipation
119th · current71564098%
118th81299——
117th76422——
116th52380——
115th34226——
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
CongressChamberStateDistrictParty
119th · currentSenateIowa—Republican
118thSenateIowa—Republican
117thSenateIowa—Republican
116thSenateIowa—Republican
115thSenateIowa—Republican
Congress-specific facts from the authoritative source; current values are not applied retroactively.
Legislative activity · 116th Congress · historical · Senate
Participation
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0/0 cast
Sponsored
52
bills
Cosponsored
380
measures
Sponsored · 116th52
—PRO Sports Acts 1121—Ensuring Quality Care for Our Veterans Acts 123—End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Acts 1238—Prove It Act of 2019s 1339—Protect Funding for Women's Health Care Acts 141—Department of Energy Veterans’ Health Initiative Acts 143—Credit for Caring Act of 2019s 1443—Military Special Victims Protection Act of 2019s 1500—Travel Trailer and Camper Tax Parity Acts 1543—United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Acts 1757—CENTS Acts 1794—No Budget, No Recess Acts 186—Bogus Bonus Ban Act of 2019s 2145—SWAMP Acts 2269—Wind Workforce Modernization and Training Act of 2019s 2415—EMPOWERS Act of 2019s 2416—Defense Storage and Supply Efficiency Improvement Acts 2487—Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2019s 2585—CREEPS Acts 2647—SWAG Acts 2722—FAIR Leave Acts 2845—Sarah's Laws 285—Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019s 2920—Female Body Armor Modernization Act of 2019s 2970—PACT Act of 2019s 3023—A bill to provide for an advisory committee for the prevention of sexual misconduct in the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.s 3066—Bogus Bonus Ban Act of 2020s 3185—Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2020s 3225—MAKE CENTS Acts 3267—Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2020s 3586
Cosponsored · 116th380
—Courthouse Dogs Acts 1029—Revitalizing Underdeveloped Rural Areas and Lands (RURAL) Acts 1032—Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2019s 1035—End Government Shutdowns Acts 104—Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Acts 105—No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2019s 109—Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019s 1091—Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Acts 1093—Protect Acts 1125—Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019s 1133—Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2019s 1150—A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the individual tax provisions of the tax reform law, and for other purposes.s 1162—Equal Campus Access Act of 2019s 1168—Association Health Plans Act of 2019s 1170—Child Interstate Abortion Notification Acts 119—Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2019s 1190—Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019s 1227—Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Acts 1235—Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Acts 1253—Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Acts 1255—CASE Act of 2019s 1273—Preserve Charities and Houses of Worship Acts 1282—Primary Regulators of Insurance Vote Act of 2019s 1298—Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Acts 130—National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Acts 1300—Protect Medicaid Acts 131—Defense Small Business Advancement Act of 2019s 1320—Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019s 133—Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights Restoration Act of 2019s 1331—Gold Star Family Tax Relief Acts 1370
Campaign financefederal · source: FEC
FEC candidate S4IA00129 · ERNST, JONI K → (Senate IA) · linked deterministic
CycleReceiptsDisbursementsCash 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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