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Tom Cotton

U.S. Senator (Class 2), AR

Republican Arkansas 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

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

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
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

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)

VotePositionDateResultSource
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 Not voting 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 Yea 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 $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 typeContributionsTotalShare
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

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$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.

Sponsored legislation (7 as lead sponsor)

  • S 4795 US · Jun 16, 2026
    A bill to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to establish enforceable Federal authorization timelines and expedited judicial remedies, to limit Federal actions…
    Congress.gov API US-GOV-PD
  • S 4764 US · Jun 11, 2026
    A bill to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other…
    Congress.gov API US-GOV-PD
  • S 4760 US · Jun 11, 2026
    A bill to amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other…
    Congress.gov API US-GOV-PD
  • S 4729 US · Jun 10, 2026
    A bill to impose mandatory minimum sentences for conspiracy to smuggle biological agents into the United States and for making false statements to Federal…
    Congress.gov API US-GOV-PD
  • S 4615 US · May 20, 2026
    Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
    Congress.gov API US-GOV-PD
  • S 4526 US · May 14, 2026
    No Safe Haven for Terrorist Families Act
    Congress.gov API US-GOV-PD
  • S 4344 US · May 13, 2026
    A bill to extend section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 for 3 years.
    Congress.gov API US-GOV-PD

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