Tom Cotton — GovTally

Issue areas

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

Civil Rights & Liberties 3 Foreign Policy & Trade 3 Technology & Privacy 3 Criminal Justice & Policing 2 Defense & Military 2 Government Operations & Budget 2 Environment & Energy 1 Healthcare 1 Immigration 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 2), AR current Arkansas	Republican	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), AR Arkansas	Republican	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Arkansas United States	Republican	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2021	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, AR-4 Arkansas	Republican	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District AR-4 United States	Republican	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Joint Economic Committee unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Airland unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Cybersecurity unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Emerging Threats and Capabilities unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Strategic Forces unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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 Select Committee on Intelligence — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.578, social dim. 0.201. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Collins Amdt. No. 3937	Yea	Nov 10, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Paul Amdt. No. 3941	Yea	Nov 10, 2025	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Motion to Table Amdt. No. 3946	Nay	Nov 10, 2025	Motion to Table Failed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Baldwin Motion to Table Amdt. No. 3947	Nay	Nov 10, 2025	Motion to Table Failed	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	Nov 10, 2025	Motion to Proceed 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	Nov 9, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3012 — Shutdown Fairness Act	Yea	Nov 7, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 90 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been…	Nay	Nov 6, 2025	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Caleb Orr, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs)	Yea	Nov 5, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Caleb Orr to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs)	Yea	Nov 5, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Eric Chunyee Tung, of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit	Yea	Nov 5, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua D. Dunlap, of Maine, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit	Yea	Nov 4, 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	Nov 4, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Chunyee Tung to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit	Not voting	Nov 3, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joshua D. Dunlap to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit	Yea	Oct 30, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 88 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs.	Nay	Oct 30, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	Oct 30, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 77 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.	Nay	Oct 29, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 69 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Oct 29, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr., of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama	Yea	Oct 29, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Yea	Oct 29, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 81 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil.	Nay	Oct 28, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Edmund G. LaCour, Jr. to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama	Yea	Oct 28, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jordan Emery Pratt, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida	Yea	Oct 28, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jordan Emery Pratt to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida	Yea	Oct 28, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $2,489,780. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 229 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	178	$604,625	24%
Corporate PAC	38	$415,674	17%
Public financing	13	$276,406	11%
Unclassified	771	$1,193,076	48%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$50,199	U.S. TREASURY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Public financing	Nov 15, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$46,004	U.S. TREASURY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Public financing	Nov 15, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$42,827	U.S. TREASURY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Public financing	May 15, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$33,117	U.S. TREASURY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Public financing	Aug 15, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$31,161	COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Dec 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$24,082	COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Dec 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$21,043	U.S. TREASURY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Public financing	May 4, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$20,556	COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Sep 28, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$19,911	COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$19,388	COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Jun 27, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$18,364	COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Mar 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$17,387	COTTON VICTORY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Dec 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$16,117	COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Mar 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$13,750	U.S. TREASURY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Public financing	Aug 15, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$13,750	U.S. TREASURY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Public financing	Feb 15, 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.