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John Cornyn

U.S. Senator (Class 2), TX

Republican Texas since Jan 3, 2021

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
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

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)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jayanta Bhattacharya to be Director of the National Institutes of Health Yea Mar 25, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael Kratsios, of South Carolina, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy Yea Mar 25, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Kratsios to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy Yea Mar 25, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State Yea Mar 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy Yea Mar 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher Landau to be Deputy Secretary of State Yea Mar 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Phelan to be Secretary of the Navy Yea Mar 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 Yea Mar 14, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 1266 Yea Mar 14, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 1272 Nay Mar 14, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Duckworth Amdt. No. 1274 Nay Mar 14, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 1273 Nay Mar 14, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 Yea Mar 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act Yea Mar 14, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense Yea Mar 14, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Feinberg to be Deputy Secretary of Defense Yea Mar 14, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act Yea Mar 13, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jeffrey Kessler, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Yea Mar 13, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jeffrey Kessler to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Yea Mar 13, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William Pulte, of Florida, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Yea Mar 13, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Pulte to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Yea Mar 13, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor Yea Mar 12, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Keith Sonderling to be Deputy Secretary of Labor Yea Mar 12, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Miran, of New York, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Yea Mar 12, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Miran to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Yea Mar 12, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to 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 typeContributionsTotalShare
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

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$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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