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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
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Justin R. Olson to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana Yea Feb 5, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Yea Feb 5, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Charles Lea to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Yea Feb 4, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri Yea Feb 4, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri Yea Feb 4, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska Yea Feb 4, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Christian Peterson to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska Yea Feb 3, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Jon Ganjei to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Yea Feb 2, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 30, 2026 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 4287 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sanders Amdt. No. 4290 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4286 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4234 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4236 Yea Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 4272 Yea Jan 30, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 29, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3627 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act Yea Jan 27, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 15, 2026 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 15, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 98 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been… Yea Jan 14, 2026 Point of Order Well Taken U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 84 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Jan 13, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 12, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed 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 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…
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  • 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…
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  • 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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