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Joni Ernst

U.S. Senator

Iowa

RepublicanIn this role on July 15, 2025

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Iowa

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119th Congress
Through Jul 15, 2025

VOTING RECORD

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Ssenate

Roll call 392 · Jul 15, 2025Voted Yea

Motion to Proceed to H.R. 4

On the Motion to Proceed · H.R. 4

Motion to Proceed Agreed to (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)50 nay · 50 yea

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Ssenate

Roll call 391 · Jul 15, 2025Voted Yea

Motion to Discharge H.R. 4 from the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget

On the Motion to Discharge · H.R. 4

Motion to Discharge Agreed to (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)50 nay · 50 yea

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Ssenate

Roll call 390 · Jul 15, 2025Voted Yea

Confirmation: Joseph Edlow, of Maryland, to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security

On the Nomination · PN26-15

Nomination Confirmed (52-47)47 nay · 52 yea · 1 not voting

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PRIMARY SPONSOR

Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Latest action · Sep 16, 2026View details

S. 872SENATE

Passed the SenateGovernment Operations and Politics

Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025

Held at the desk.

Latest action · Jun 15, 2026View details

S. 1555SENATE

In committee / reportedCommerce

Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act of 2025

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

Latest action · May 13, 2026View details

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Recent work in Congress

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Motion to Proceed to H.R. 4

Motion to Discharge H.R. 4 from the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget

Confirmation: Joseph Edlow, of Maryland, to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security

Sponsored legislation

Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025

Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025

Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act of 2025