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Jim Banks
U.S. Senator (Class 1), IN
Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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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
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Senate District Indiana current
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 1, 2030 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 1), IN current
Indiana |
Republican | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 3, 2031 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, IN-3
Indiana |
Republican | Jan 3, 2023 | Jan 3, 2025 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District IN-3
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2023 | Nov 5, 2024 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, IN-3
Indiana |
Republican | Jan 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2023 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District IN-3
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2023 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, IN-3
Indiana |
Republican | Jan 3, 2019 | Jan 3, 2021 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District IN-3
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2019 | Jan 3, 2021 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, IN-3
Indiana |
Republican | Jan 3, 2017 | Jan 3, 2019 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District IN-3
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2017 | Jan 3, 2019 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Armed Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Personnel unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Seapower unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Strategic Forces unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Economic Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — National Security and International Trade and Finance unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Securities, Insurance, and Investment unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Education and the American Family unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Employment and Workplace Safety — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Primary Health and Retirement Security unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.649, social dim. 0.020. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (840 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmation: Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense | Yea | Jan 24, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense | Yea | Jan 23, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | Yea | Jan 23, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Ratcliffe to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | Yea | Jan 23, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 6 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act | Yea | Jan 22, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense | Yea | Jan 21, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session | Yea | Jan 21, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State | Yea | Jan 20, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 5 — Laken Riley Act | Yea | Jan 20, 2025 | Bill Passed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Ernst Amdt No. 8, As Amended | Yea | Jan 20, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 5 — Laken Riley Act | Yea | Jan 17, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Coons Amdt. No. 23 | Nay | Jan 15, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Cornyn Amdt. No. 14 | Yea | Jan 15, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 5 — Laken Riley Act | Yea | Jan 13, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 5 — Laken Riley Act | Yea | Jan 9, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,124 recorded contributions totalling $12,873,631. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 899 of 1124 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super PAC | 93 | $7,902,946 | 61% |
| Big donor | 558 | $1,890,839 | 15% |
| Corporate PAC | 226 | $1,575,024 | 12% |
| Party | 21 | $633,873 | 5% |
| Small-dollar | 1 | $120 | 0% |
| Unclassified | 225 | $870,830 | 7% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,500,256 | — | DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS | Super PAC | Feb 22, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $1,500,256 | — | DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS | Super PAC | Feb 22, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $1,500,256 | — | DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS | Super PAC | Feb 16, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $1,500,256 | — | DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS | Super PAC | Feb 16, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $270,860 | — | CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION | Super PAC | Oct 3, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $270,860 | — | CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION | Super PAC | Oct 3, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $199,945 | — | AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC | Super PAC | Sep 26, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $199,183 | — | AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC | Super PAC | Oct 16, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $199,183 | — | AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC | Super PAC | Oct 16, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $103,000 | — | AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC | Super PAC | Nov 8, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $103,000 | — | AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC | Super PAC | Nov 8, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $89,175 | — | AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC | Super PAC | Apr 25, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $89,175 | — | AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC | Super PAC | Apr 25, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $85,962 | BANKS VICTORY FUND | BANKS FOR SENATE | unclassified | Sep 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $83,289 | — | AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC | Super PAC | Oct 6, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.
Sponsored legislation (6 as lead sponsor)
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S 4777
US · Jun 11, 2026
A bill to establish the Blast Overpressure Task Force of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
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S 4741
US · Jun 10, 2026
SAFE for Kids Act of 2026
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S 4658
US · Jun 2, 2026
Parkinson’s Protection for Firefighters Act
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S 4607
US · May 20, 2026
DOD and USDA Interagency Research Act
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S 4525
US · May 14, 2026
Securing Innovation and Research from Adversaries Act
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S 4519
US · May 13, 2026
Medical Device Electronic Labeling Act
Social media
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