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Jim Banks

U.S. Senator (Class 1), IN

Republican Indiana since Jan 3, 2025

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

OfficePartyFromToSource
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

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)

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 Yea 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

1,124 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 typeContributionsTotalShare
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

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$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)

Social media

Recent posts

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