John Cornyn
U.S. Senator (Class 2), TX
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Issue areas
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senator (Class 2), TX current
Texas |
Republican | Jan 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2027 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Texas current
United States |
Republican | Dec 2, 2002 | Dec 31, 2030 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Texas
United States |
Republican | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2021 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 2), TX
Texas |
Republican | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2021 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Texas
United States |
Republican | Jan 6, 2009 | Jan 3, 2015 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 2), TX
Texas |
Republican | Jan 6, 2009 | Jan 3, 2015 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Texas
United States |
Republican | Jan 7, 2003 | Jan 3, 2009 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 2), TX
Texas |
Republican | Jan 7, 2003 | Jan 3, 2009 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Texas
United States |
Republican | Nov 30, 2002 | Jan 3, 2003 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 2), TX
Texas |
Republican | Nov 30, 2002 | Jan 3, 2003 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- Joint Committee on Taxation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance — Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance — International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS Oversight unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Africa and Global Health Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Border Security and Immigration — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Crime and Counterterrorism unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Privacy, Technology, and the Law unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary — the Constitution unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.471, social dim. -0.060. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (840 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 | Yea | Oct 28, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Bill Lewis, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama | Yea | Oct 27, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Rebecca L. Taibleson, of Wisconsin, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit | Yea | Oct 27, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Rebecca L. Taibleson to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit | Yea | Oct 23, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Stephen Chad Meredith, of Kentucky, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky | Yea | Oct 23, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 3012 — Shutdown Fairness Act | Yea | Oct 23, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: William W. Mercer, of Montana, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Montana | Yea | Oct 22, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Chad Meredith to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky | Yea | Oct 22, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Bill Lewis to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama | Yea | Oct 22, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 | Yea | Oct 22, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida | Yea | Oct 21, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: William W. Mercer to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Montana | Yea | Oct 21, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida | Yea | Oct 21, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Harold D. Mooty III, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama | Yea | Oct 21, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 | Yea | Oct 20, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 | Not voting | Oct 16, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Harold D. Mooty III to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama | Yea | Oct 16, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 | Yea | Oct 16, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 | Yea | Oct 15, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 | Yea | Oct 14, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Yea | Oct 9, 2025 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Merkley Amdt. No. 3927 | Nay | Oct 9, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Sanders Amdt. No. 3853 | Nay | Oct 9, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Duckworth Amdt. No. 3210 | Nay | Oct 9, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Van Hollen Amdt. No. 3872 | Nay | Oct 9, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,000 recorded contributions totalling $4,819,392. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 662 of 1000 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big donor | 512 | $1,737,962 | 36% |
| Corporate PAC | 134 | $1,294,850 | 27% |
| Party | 16 | $1,045,414 | 22% |
| Unclassified | 338 | $741,167 | 15% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $164,824 | CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Party | Sep 25, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $125,500 | CORNYN MAJORITY TEXAS | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Corporate PAC | Dec 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $117,523 | LONESTAR VICTORY FUND | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Corporate PAC | Dec 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $96,313 | CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Party | Dec 28, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $95,877 | CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Party | Jun 21, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $89,967 | CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Party | Sep 28, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $87,153 | CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Party | Jun 22, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $86,174 | CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Party | Sep 25, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $84,859 | CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Party | Jun 21, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $78,129 | CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Party | Oct 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $74,978 | CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Party | Jun 22, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $43,675 | CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Party | Sep 28, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $38,659 | CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Party | Mar 27, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $37,114 | WINRED | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Corporate PAC | Mar 20, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $33,965 | CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. | Party | Oct 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.
Sponsored legislation (19 as lead sponsor)
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SRES 781
US · Jun 18, 2026
A resolution commemorating June 19, 2026, as "Juneteenth National Independence Day" in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of…
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S 4826
US · Jun 18, 2026
A bill to amend the Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity for Ukrainians Act to authorize the use of amounts in the Ukraine Support Fund for purchases…
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S 4827
US · Jun 18, 2026
A bill to reauthorize a program for preventing outages and enhancing the resilience of the electric grid, and for other purposes.
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S 4723
US · Jun 17, 2026
A bill to establish a program to provide assistance to strengthen the capacity of law enforcement agencies in Latin America and the Caribbean to prosecute…
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S 3050
US · Jun 17, 2026
PAID OFF Act of 2025
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S 4797
US · Jun 16, 2026
A bill to require States to consider legal issues affecting youth as part of case planning and to provide States with the option to use funds from the John H…
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S 4394
US · Jun 15, 2026
Promoting Police Leadership Act
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S 1890
US · Jun 15, 2026
Carla Walker Act
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S 4766
US · Jun 11, 2026
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to evaluate the safety, quality, and qualification pathways of printable energetic…
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S 4775
US · Jun 11, 2026
A bill to amend the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act to clarify liability protections for firearms and associated manufacturers and retailers, and for…
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