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U.S. Senator, Iowa · Republican

Joni Ernst

73 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.

915 recorded votes

  • Voted for66572.7%
  • Voted against22925.0%
  • Did not vote212.3%
97.7%
of the votes they could cast
73
statements indexed
2,767
words on the floor

Turned up for 97.7% of the votes they could have cast, below the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.

In plain English

Ernst voted 98 times out of every 100 they could. That is less than the middle of the Senate, which is 98.

They vote the same way as James Lankford more than anyone else. The two agreed 99 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with John Fetterman. They agreed 26 times out of 100.

The Record prints their remarks under 5 headings more than once. The list below names them.

First took office
January 6, 2015
Terms served
2 terms in the Senate
Current term
January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
Born
July 1, 1970

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

Nothing in Ernst's indexed remarks passes two. Homeland security appropriations, the Laken Riley Act, the nomination of Matthew Whitaker, the calendar and the small business committee rules each appear twice. Most of what is indexed sits under a heading used once.

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

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

All 73 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, Joni Ernst voted on 824 and was with the Republican majority on 822 of them.

824 party line votes cast

  • With their party82299.8%
  • 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 Joni Ernst as speaking in 201 items of business across 108 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 Joni Ernst. 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 Iowa seat in this chamber is held by Chuck Grassley.

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