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U.S. Senator, Kentucky · Republican

Rand Paul

61 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.

915 recorded votes

  • Voted for58163.5%
  • Voted against29031.7%
  • Did not vote414.5%
95.2%
of the votes they could cast
61
statements indexed
2,394
words on the floor

Turned up for 95.2% of the votes they could have cast, below the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.

In plain English

Paul voted 95 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 Rick Scott more than anyone else. The two agreed 88 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with Jeanne Shaheen. They agreed 23 times out of 100.

The Record prints their remarks under 7 headings more than once. The list below names them.

First took office
January 5, 2011
Terms served
3 terms in the Senate
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
Born
January 7, 1963

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

Paul's indexed remarks are spread thin. Resolutions on the removal of United States forces from hostilities lead at four, then the 2026 defense authorization at three. Commerce and justice appropriations, a consolidated appropriations act, resolutions of congressional disapproval, the congressional budget and terminating a declared national emergency follow 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

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

All 61 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, Rand Paul voted on 800 and was with the Republican majority on 706 of them.

800 party line votes cast

  • With their party70688.2%
  • Against their party9411.8%

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 Rand Paul as speaking in 117 items of business across 63 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 Rand Paul. 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 Kentucky seat in this chamber is held by Mitch McConnell.

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