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U.S. Senator, Oklahoma · Republican

James Lankford

67 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.

915 recorded votes

  • Voted for67573.8%
  • Voted against23425.6%
  • Did not vote60.7%
99.3%
of the votes they could cast
67
statements indexed
2,818
words on the floor

Turned up for 99.3% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.

In plain English

Lankford voted 99 times out of every 100 they could. That is more than the middle of the Senate, which is 98.

They vote the same way as Mike Crapo more than anyone else. The two agreed 100 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with John Fetterman. They agreed 27 times out of 100.

The Record prints their remarks under 8 headings more than once. The list below names them.

First took office
January 6, 2015
Terms served
3 terms in the Senate
Previously
2 terms in the House
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
Born
March 4, 1968

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

Lankford's indexed remarks are spread thin. A voter eligibility bill and a heading on Senate accomplishments lead at five each. Healthcare, the Laken Riley Act, a rules change and the ethics committee rules of procedure follow at three each, with a stablecoins bill and Father's Day at two.

The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.

What Was Said, and What Was Done

67 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against James Lankford’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.

All 67 statements, with a search →

Counted from the record

What Their Votes Add Up To

The Senate takes 54 votes of this kind this Congress against the House's 391: its floor time goes to cloture motions and nominations, where a yes does not mean pass the thing. There is not enough here to set out.

Voting With Their Party

On the 842 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, James Lankford voted on 839 and was with the Republican majority on 837 of them.

839 party line votes cast

  • With their party83799.8%
  • Against their party20.2%

Votes Against Their Own Party

Who They Vote With

In Their Own Party

Of the votes both took part in.

Voting Across the Aisle

The record itself

Where the Words Are

The Congressional Record marks James Lankford as speaking in 155 items of business across 54 sitting days of this Congress.

Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.

The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.

Every Recorded Vote

All 915 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Senate lists James Lankford. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.

All 915 recorded votes, newest first →

Elsewhere in the Record

The other Oklahoma senators in this Congress: Alan Armstrong and Markwayne Mullin.

How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.