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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmation: Anna St. John, of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Yea | Mar 17, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anna St. John to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Yea | Mar 17, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Yea | Mar 12, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act | Yea | Mar 12, 2026 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act | Yea | Mar 11, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Scott (SC) Amdt. No. 4308, as amended | Yea | Mar 11, 2026 | Amendment Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Amdt. No. 4308 | Yea | Mar 10, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd to be General in the United States Army | Yea | Mar 10, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd to be General in the United States Army | Yea | Mar 9, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Yea | Mar 5, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 104 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… | Nay | Mar 4, 2026 | Motion to Discharge Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act | Not voting | Mar 4, 2026 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6644 — 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act | Not voting | Mar 2, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Ryan McCormack to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy | Yea | Feb 26, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board | Yea | Feb 25, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: John DeLeeuw to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board | Yea | Feb 25, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Yea | Feb 24, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. | Yea | Feb 12, 2026 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision… | Yea | Feb 12, 2026 | Joint Resolution Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision… | Yea | Feb 11, 2026 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 95 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… | Nay | Feb 10, 2026 | Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Daniel E. Burrows, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Attorney General | Yea | Feb 10, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel E. Burrows to be an Assistant Attorney General | Yea | Feb 9, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Justin R. Olson, of Indiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana | Yea | Feb 5, 2026 | Nomination Confirmed | 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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