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U.S. Senator from Indiana · Class I

Jim Banks

Republican 1st term Up 2030

Replaced Mike Braun in 2025

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$2.7M raised · top PACs: Norpac, Applied Research Associates, Elevance Health
100LoyaltyMed 100
99AttendMed 98
8BipartMed 9
1BreaksMed 2
In office
Senate 2025–now
House 2017–2025
9 years in CongressMore senior than 27% of the Senate
Committees
  • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 9th majority
  • Veterans' Affairs 9th majority
  • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 10th majority
Age
47

Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date35510712639151
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—4502281,23514

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
International Affairs 16% 6%
Armed Forces and National Security 24% 26%
Education 4% 15%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, International Affairs and Immigration; bills go to Armed Forces and National Security and Education.

  • He talks most about: Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), AI Infrastructure Impact (Science, Technology, Communications), Health Care Coverage (Health).
  • 107 bills sponsored, most on Armed Forces and National Security.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairEmployment and Workplace Safety SubcommitteeHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions
MemberHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee9th majority
MemberVeterans' Affairs Committee9th majority
MemberBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee10th majority

+1 more on Background

Chair of the Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee, more senior than 27% of the Senate, in the majority.

  • 9 years in Congress: more senior than 27% of the Senate.
  • Majority: Republicans hold 53 of 100 seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

15% · peer median 19%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Banks.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

15% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 19%); closest in his party: Hagerty and Lummis.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peerLaw inside another bill

Introduced 104 · expected 59.5
Action in committee 14 · expected 8
Beyond committee 8 · expected 6
Passed Senate 1 · expected 1.5
Became law 0 · expected 0.5 · +1 inside another bill
EffectivenessRank 43 of 100 in the Senate

0.96expected 0.96 · average member 1.00

1 of 104 bills passed the Senate; 0 became law; 1 more became law inside another bill; effectiveness 0.96 against a peer median of 0.96.

  • On the move: S. 3589 (out of committee), S. 3794 (out of committee), S. 3138 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.65

With his party on all 15 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 100% of party-line votes, breaks 1 time (peer median 4).

  • Position: +0.65, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Major bills: with his party on 10 of 10.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Banks$2.7M raised19%24%22%36%
Senate median$3.0M raised23%28%15%19%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

42% of what he raised came from individuals; 19% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 23%).

$2.7M raised, 22% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 15%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

53 PACs of the 151 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Trade.

  1. Norpac29% D
  2. Applied Research Associates48% D
  3. Elevance Health48% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

84 bills

Banks voted Yea on 8, and sponsored or cosponsored 76 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →
What he saidVoted or sponsored forVoted againstNothing Said he was for it0kept his word0did the opposite1words only Said he was against it0did the opposite0kept his word0words only

1 bill he spoke about this Congress · 0 kept his word · 0 did the opposite · 1 words only

On 1 bill he spoke about: kept his word on 0, did the opposite on 0, words only on 1.

Statements on the day of a vote are his explanation, not a position · “nothing” means no vote or sponsorship by the end of the Congress.