Republican
Next Election: 2026
Joni Ernst
Iowa
202-224-3254
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Latest Announcements:
Apr 4 2022 - 1:00 PM
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Latest Votes: |
Sep 21 2023 Voted Yes On the Nomination on PN691 Gen. Eric M. Smith, in the Marine Corps, to be General |
Sep 21 2023 Voted Yes On the Cloture Motion on PN691 Gen. Eric M. Smith, in the Marine Corps, to be General |
Campaign Finance Summary:
Contributions: $27,693,029 |
Individual $21,793,213 |
PAC & SuperPac $2,723,059 |
Disbursements: $28,527,764 |
Individual Refunds $98,506 |
Committee Refunds $16,500 |
Debts Owed $0 |
Cash on Hand $528,415 |
Recently Sponsored Bills:
A bill to end unemployment payments to jobless millionaires.
Senate Finance Committee
Cosponsors 2
A bill to require training for employees of Federal agencies that award less than 3 percent of prime contracts to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes.
Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Cosponsors 2
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to include additional special considerations for developing and implementing the energy performance goals and energy performance master plan of the Department of Defense and to require a report on the feasibility of terminating energy procurement from foreign entities of concern.
Senate Armed Services Committee
Cosponsors 0
A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to establish sex-neutral high fitness standards for combat Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs).
Senate Armed Services Committee
Cosponsors 0
A bill to establish a minimum temperature for thermostats at the headquarters of the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Cosponsors 0
A bill to prohibit the intentional hindering of immigration, border, and customs controls, and for other purposes.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 3
A bill to designate June as the "Month of Life".
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 13
A bill to require the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to develop governmentwide procurement policy and guidance to mitigate organizational conflict of interests relating to national security and foreign policy, and for other purposes.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 5
A bill to require the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to develop government-wide procurement policy and guidance to mitigate organizational conflict of interests relating to national security and foreign policy, and for other purposes.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 2
A bill to authorize certain actions to address domestic industrial base shortfalls, and for other purposes.
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 6
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to seek to cooperate with allies and partners in the Middle East to identify an architecture and develop an acquisition approach for certain countries in the Middle East to implement an integrated air and missile defense capability to protect the people, infrastructure, and territory of such countries from cruise and ballistic missiles, manned and unmanned aerial system, and rocket attacks from Iran, and for other purposes.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cosponsors 3
A bill to terminate certain contracts relating to the construction of the border fence and to transfer unused border fence material to the States along the southwest border.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 5
A bill to establish a competitive bidding process for the relocation of the headquarters of Executive agencies, and for other purposes.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 0
A concurrent resolution declaring a state of emergency due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in order to establish a waiver of the minimum tonnage requirements of section 55305 of title 46, United States Code.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Cosponsors 1
A concurrent resolution declaring a state of emergency due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in order to establish a waiver of the minimum tonnage requirements of section 55305 of title 46, United States Code.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Cosponsors 1
A resolution recognizing women-owned small businesses for National Small Business Week.
Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Cosponsors 5
A resolution recognizing women-owned small businesses for National Small Business Week.
Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Cosponsors 5
A concurrent resolution declaring a state of emergency due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in order to establish a waiver of the minimum tonnage requirements of section 55305 of title 46, United States Code.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Cosponsors 0
A concurrent resolution declaring a state of emergency due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in order to establish a waiver of the minimum tonnage requirements of section 55305 of title 46, United States Code.
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Cosponsors 0
A bill to require the Secretary of State to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to suspend participation of the Russian Federation in certain international organizations.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cosponsors 1
A resolution designating March 24, 2022, as "National Women in Agriculture Day".
Cosponsors 58
A resolution designating March 24, 2022, as "National Women in Agriculture Day".
Cosponsors 58
A bill to amend the Small Business Act relating to small business concerns owned and controlled by women, and for other purposes.
Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Cosponsors 1
A bill to require the Environmental Protection Agency to issue analyses on the environmental and economic impacts of rules and rulemakings of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Cosponsors 0
A bill to establish within the Executive Office of the President the Taxpayer Watchdog Office.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 0
A bill to establish within the Executive Office of the President the Taxpayer Watchdog Office.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 0
A bill to establish limitations on the amount of debt issued by the United States which may be held by foreign governments, entities, and individuals.
Senate Finance Committee
Cosponsors 2
A bill to prohibit the importation of petroleum products from the Russian Federation, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish an income tax credit for the sale or blending of certain fuels containing ethanol and to extend tax incentives for biodiesel and renewable diesel, to amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations under that Act, and for other purposes.
Senate Finance Committee
Cosponsors 6
A bill to provide security assistance for Ukraine, and for other purposes.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cosponsors 3
A bill to increase the loan limits under the business loan program and the 504 loan program of the Small Business Administration for businesses principally engaged in agriculture, manufacturing, or production of critical and emerging technologies, and for other purposes.
Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Cosponsors 0
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make diapers an allowable expense for purposes of health flexible spending arrangements and health savings accounts.
Senate Finance Committee
Cosponsors 3
A bill to create a point of order requiring an inflation impact report with any legislation that makes discretionary appropriations.
Senate Rules and Administration Committee
Cosponsors 5
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to hold violent criminals and child predators accountable.
Cosponsors 0
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the reporting of abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and for other purposes.
Senate Finance Committee
Cosponsors 17
A bill to restrict the use of Federal Funds for gain-of-function research in the People's Republic of China.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cosponsors 3
A bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code to prohibit the enforcement of predispute arbitration agreements with respect to claims of sexual assault and to ensure that fair procedures are used in arbitrations involving sexual harassment claims.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 0
A bill to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance relating to reporting by agencies on Federal financial assistance programs that do not provide Federal financial assistance during the 1-year period preceding the date of the report.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 1
A bill to require the evaluation and standardization of suicide prevention efforts by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Senate Armed Services Committee
Cosponsors 33
A bill to include sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence in the definition of aggravated felonies under the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to expedite the removal of aliens convicted of such crimes.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 15
A bill to eliminate unnecessary spending by Federal agencies, and for other purposes.
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Cosponsors 0