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Member brief · 119th Congress

Sen. Jim Banks

R · Republican · U.S. Senator, Indiana1

In Congress
Since 2017 · 9 years
 Next election
Nov 5, 2030
 Committee leadership
Chairman, Employment and Workplace Safety

CommitteesArmed Services; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Veterans' Affairs2

Participation3

99 / 100

Chamber median 98
903 of 915 roll calls

Party unity3

100 / 100

Chamber median 99
on 830 party-line votes

Cross-party agreement3

8 / 100

Chamber median 9
on 883 contested votes

Ideology score4

+0.65

Chamber median +0.32
−1 left · +1 right

Notable votes and votes by issue

In the full brief: five notable recent votes chosen by a fixed rule (most recent breaks with party first), each with the member’s vote, the party’s position and a source, plus how often Banks votes with the party on each issue.

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Money and lobbying

In the full brief: how many of Banks’s PACs belong to organizations that lobbied on bills Banks voted on or cosponsored, with the dollars beside the chamber median; the top bills; campaign totals and the top PACs.

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Votes most like5

R Bill Hagerty TN 100% of 851
R Cynthia M. Lummis WY 99% of 855
R Marsha Blackburn TN 99% of 835

Share of roll calls both voted on where they voted the same way.

Next race

Nov 5, 2030 · Seat next on the ballot in 20301

Data as of Nov 5, 2026 · votes through Sep 30, 2026 · Method: https://oathstar.com/methodology · Live profile: https://oathstar.com/people/jim-banks

  1. 1. Member record and terms: congress.gov; unitedstates/congress-legislators, retrieved 2026-11-05. www.congress.gov/people/B001299
  2. 2. Committees: unitedstates/congress-legislators, retrieved 2026-11-05. github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
  3. 3. Participation, party unity, cross-party agreement, votes by issue: Oathstar from Voteview roll calls, 119th Congress, retrieved 2026-11-05. voteview.com/person/21702
  1. 4. Ideology: DW-NOMINATE first dimension, Voteview, 119th Congress. voteview.com/person/21702
  2. 5. Votes most like: Oathstar from Voteview roll calls, 119th Congress. voteview.com/data

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