James E. Risch — GovTally

Issue areas

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

Environment & Energy 1 Foreign Policy & Trade 1 Transportation & Infrastructure 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 2), ID current Idaho	Republican	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), ID Idaho	Republican	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), ID Idaho	Republican	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2015	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Energy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Public Lands, Forests, and Mining unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Water and Power unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Africa and Global Health Policy — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Europe and Regional Security Cooperation — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development — Ex Officio 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 — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Select Committee on Ethics 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 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.551, social dim. 0.382. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Motion to Invoke Cloture: James O'Neill to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services	Yea	Jun 4, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edward Walsh to be Ambassador of the United States of America to Ireland	Yea	Jun 4, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michelle Bowman to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	Yea	Jun 4, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Dale Marks, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense	Yea	Jun 3, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Dale Marks to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense	Yea	Jun 3, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Allison Hooker, of Georgia, to be an Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs)	Yea	Jun 3, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Allison Hooker to be an Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs)	Yea	Jun 3, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael Duffey, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment	Yea	Jun 3, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Duffey to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment	Yea	Jun 2, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 89 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection…	Yea	May 22, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 89 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection…	Yea	May 22, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 87 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection…	Yea	May 22, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 87 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection…	Yea	May 22, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 88 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection…	Yea	May 22, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 88 — Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection…	Yea	May 21, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	May 21, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	May 21, 2025	Point of Order Sustained	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	May 21, 2025	Point of Order Sustained	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	May 21, 2025	Motion to Adjourn Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	May 21, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	May 21, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	May 21, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	May 21, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	May 21, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 55 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	May 21, 2025	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

610 recorded contributions totalling $603,507. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 345 of 610 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Corporate PAC	30	$161,607	27%
Big donor	49	$152,171	25%
Small-dollar	266	$7,809	1%
Unclassified	265	$281,920	47%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$10,000	ALPHA SERVICES LLC	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	Jan 26, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,779	BANK OF IDAHO	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	Apr 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,071	BANK OF IDAHO	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	Aug 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,045	BANK OF IDAHO	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	Jul 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,826	BANK OF IDAHO	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,649	BANK OF IDAHO	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	Nov 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,628	BANK OF IDAHO	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	May 9, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,609	BANK OF IDAHO	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	May 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	UBS AMERICAS INC. PAC (UBS PAC)	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	Oct 1, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	UBS AMERICAS INC. PAC (UBS PAC)	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	Oct 1, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	DEFEND OUR CONSERVATIVE SENATE PAC (DOC'S PAC)	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	Dec 23, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	DIRIGO PAC	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	Dec 23, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	DEFEND OUR CONSERVATIVE SENATE PAC (DOC'S PAC)	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	Dec 23, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	DIRIGO PAC	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	Dec 23, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000	COMMON VALUES PAC	JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE	Corporate PAC	Dec 27, 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.