Joni Ernst — GovTally

Issue areas

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

Banking & Finance 1 Economy & Taxes 1 Government Operations & Budget 1 Labor & Employment 1

Offices & terms

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

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Rural Development, Energy, and Credit — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services 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 — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Personnel unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.536, social dim. -0.027. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Olivia Trusty to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission (Reappointment)	Yea	Jun 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Olivia Trusty to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission	Yea	Jun 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Gary Andres to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services	Yea	Jun 16, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1582 — GENIUS Act	Yea	Jun 12, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Amdt. No. 2307	Yea	Jun 12, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Amdt. No. 2307	Yea	Jun 12, 2025	Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Amdt. No. 2310	Nay	Jun 12, 2025	Motion to Table Failed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William Long, of Missouri, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue	Yea	Jun 12, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 54 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of the United Arab…	Nay	Jun 11, 2025	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 53 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Qatar of certain…	Nay	Jun 11, 2025	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1582 — GENIUS Act	Yea	Jun 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Long to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue	Yea	Jun 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Andrew Hughes, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Yea	Jun 10, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrew Hughes to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Yea	Jun 10, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Vaden, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture	Yea	Jun 10, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Vaden to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture	Yea	Jun 10, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Fotouhi, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Yea	Jun 10, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Fotouhi to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Yea	Jun 9, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brett Shumate, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General	Yea	Jun 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brett Shumate to be an Assistant Attorney General	Yea	Jun 5, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Andrew Eisenberg, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General	Yea	Jun 5, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Andrew Eisenberg to be an Assistant Attorney General (National Security Division)	Yea	Jun 5, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: James O'Neill, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services	Yea	Jun 5, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Edward Walsh, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to Ireland	Yea	Jun 4, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michelle Bowman, of Kansas, to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	Yea	Jun 4, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,030 recorded contributions totalling $3,515,748. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 421 of 1030 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Corporate PAC	175	$2,006,006	57%
Big donor	216	$751,572	21%
Super PAC	30	$20,441	1%
Unclassified	609	$737,729	21%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$74,721	WINRED	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Oct 21, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$40,908	WINRED	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Oct 15, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$35,445	WINRED	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Dec 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$34,970	NORPAC- EARMARKS	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Mar 26, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$33,199	TEAM JONI	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$32,950	WINRED	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Nov 4, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$31,999	WINRED	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Oct 7, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$30,671	WINRED	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Nov 12, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$30,606	TEAM JONI	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Sep 28, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$26,949	WINRED	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Oct 28, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$24,759	WINRED	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$23,990	TEAM JONI	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Sep 28, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$22,766	WINRED	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Feb 27, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$22,099	WINRED	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Nov 20, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$21,878	WINRED	JONI FOR IOWA	Corporate PAC	Nov 21, 2023	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.