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John Cornyn

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Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.

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The saved record holds 376 recorded votes by John Cornyn, from 2003 to 2026.

308 Yes · 61 No · 7 Did not vote
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116th Congress, 2019 and 2020

RRepublicanSenate · Texas · January 6, 2015 to January 3, 2021

19 Yes · 2 No on 21 laws of this Congress.

Public Law 116-260 · Senate vote on Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
Yes
Public Law 116-250 · Senate vote on ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019
Yes
Public Law 116-159 · Senate vote on Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act
Yes
Public Law 116-152 · Senate vote on Great American Outdoors Act
No
Public Law 116-136 · Senate vote on CARES Act
Yes
Public Law 116-127 · Senate vote on Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Yes
Public Law 116-123 · Senate vote on Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020
Yes
Public Law 116-113 · Senate vote on United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act
Yes
Public Law 116-93 · Senate vote on Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
Yes
Public Law 116-94 · Senate vote on Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
No
Public Law 116-92 · Senate vote on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Yes
Public Law 116-96 · Senate vote on Support for Suicide Prevention Coordinators Act
Yes
Public Law 116-59 · Senate vote on Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019
Yes
Public Law 116-37 · Senate vote on Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019
Yes
Public Law 116-20 · Senate vote on Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019
Yes
Public Law 116-6 · Senate vote on Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019
Yes
Public Law 116-9 · Senate vote on John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act
Yes

What this member says about laws and orders

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12 excerpts

  1. News item Cornyn Lauds DOJ for Opening Cornyn-Created Bridging Immigration-Related Deficits Experienced Nationwide (BIDEN) Program

    “In addition to the nearly $10 billion fundannounced earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, this $3 billion fund was authorized through a provision led by Sen. Cornyn as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, also known as the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, which included a total of $13.5 billion in funding to reimburse”

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  2. News item Cornyn, Whitehouse Introduce Bill to Support Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

    “This legislation aligns with President Trump’s Executive Order, Fostering the Future for American Children and Families, First Lady Melania Trump’s Fostering the Future initiative, and the administration’s commitment to improve outcomes for children, youth, and families involved in the foster care system.”

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  3. News item Cornyn Praises DHS for Opening Cornyn-Created State Border Security Reimbursement Fund

    “This fund was authorized through a provision led by Sen. Cornyn as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, also known as the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, which included $13.5 billion in funding to reimburse states like Texas for stepping up during the Biden administration to try and secure the border.”

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  4. News item Cornyn Announces $281 Million for Texas from New Rural Health Transformation Program

    “The Working Families Tax Cuts, or One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now law, established the Rural Health Transformation Program at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to strengthen access to health care and modernize health systems in rural areas by allocating $50 billion for the program over a period of five years. States were required to apply for”

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  5. News item Cornyn Op-Ed: Republicans’ Solution to Affordability is Through Tax Cuts for Working Families

    “AUSTIN – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) authored the following op-ed in the San Antonio Express News on the benefits of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, also known as the Working Families Tax Cuts, which will put money back into the pockets of hard-working Texans.”

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  6. News item Cornyn Touts Working Families Tax Cuts: Will Make ‘Life More Affordable’ for Texans

    “WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) touted the benefits of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, also known as the Working Families Tax Cuts, which will put money back into the pockets of hardworking Texans and help ease the financial burden facing Americans after 40-year high inflation under the Biden administration. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s”

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  1. News item Cornyn, Pfluger, Colleagues Urge CMS to Prioritize Funding for Texas from Rural Health Transformation Program

    “We are writing in strong support of Texas’s application for funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program, authorized by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

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  2. News item Cornyn Meets with NASA Administrator Nominee Jared Isaacman

    “Mr. Isaacman committed to follow Sen. Cornyn’s provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now law, to move the Space Shuttle Discovery in one piece from Virginia to its rightful home in Space City. Please see photo attached and below.”

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  3. News item Cornyn Calls on Senate Appropriators to Prevent Taxpayer-Funded Abortions, Maintain Hyde Protections in FY26 Funding Process

    “Following the Biden Administration’s unprecedented attacks on the unborn, Congressional Republicans and President Trump took a critical step in the fight for life by passing legislation in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to defund the big abortion industry, including Planned Parenthood. By halting taxpayer funding of abortion through the Medicaid program, Republicans showed that even in the wake of”

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  4. News item Cornyn Urges Olympic Committee to Finalize Ban on Men Competing in Women’s Sports

    “In the United States, President Trump honored his unwavering commitment to women and girls with the issuance of Executive Order 14201: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports. His action reaffirmed the longstanding belief that women’s sports must be preserved for biological females,” he continued.”

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  5. News item Cornyn, Cruz, Pfluger Urge DOJ, DHS to Prioritize $11B Reimbursement to Texas for Border Security Costs

    “This comes after Sen. Cornyn spearheaded the push for $13.5 billion in border security reimbursement funding to be included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now law.”

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  6. News item Cornyn Supports Texas’ Application for Program Benefitting Rural Health

    “WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today released the following statement in support of the State of Texas’ application for funding through the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, which was created in the Cornyn-backed One Big Beautiful Bill Act and allocated $50 billion toward rural health care across the nation:”

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Member-requested spending

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Member-requested spending: none found in the 4 laws read so far.

Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.

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Who funds this member

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TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC. reports $8,604,233.81 in total receipts, January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.

Where the money comes from

Reported as $0: The candidate's own contributions, Loans from the candidate, Other loans.

Committees that give the most

459 committees report paying this committee. These are the largest, joint fundraising committees aside.

Committees that report paying this member's campaign committee, largest first
CommitteeKind, as the FEC lists itTotalPayments
NRSCConnected organization: YOUNG VICTORY COMMITTEEParty committee$62,0001
CONOCOPHILLIPS SPIRIT PACConnected organization: CONOCOPHILLIPSPAC, qualified$15,0003
THE HAWKEYE PACConnected organization: GOLDFINCH PACLeadership PAC$15,0003
BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PACConnected organization: MONTANA REDLeadership PAC$15,0003
BUILDING UP DEMOCRACY'S DREAMConnected organization: OLD NORTH STATE PACLeadership PAC$15,0003
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. ASSOC. POLITICAL FUNDConnected organization: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP.PAC, qualified$15,0003
FREEDOM FUNDLeadership PAC$15,0003
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PACConnected organization: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONPAC, qualified$15,0004
EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PACConnected organization: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATIONPAC, qualified$15,0005
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)Connected organization: AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION (ABA)PAC, qualified$15,0006

Joint fundraising committees collect checks for several campaigns and pass on each share. Largest for this member: CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE ($1,943,383.71), HOLD THE SENATE ($262,689.48), SECURE THE US SENATE 2026 ($166,825.90).

Largest receipts from individuals

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Largest itemized receipts from individuals
Name, as itemizedCity and stateEmployer and occupation, as reportedReceiptDate
WAHID, RON MR.Given through a conduit committeeMIAMI BEACH, FLMAGELLAN INVESTMENT HOLDINGS · CEO$26,025.40$6,600 to date, as reported
CHILDERS, DOUGLAS BRADLEY MR.HOUSTON, TXARCHROCK · MANAGER$25,000$10,500 to date, as reported
SCOTT, WILLIAM F. MR.BEAUMONT, TXTRANS-GLOBAL SOLUTIONS · CEO$14,000$6,800 to date, as reported
WYLER, GREGORY THANE MR.STUART, FLONE WEBB · CEO$14,000$7,000 to date, as reported
MORRILL, FRANK S. MR.Given through a conduit committeeSAN ANTONIO, TXRETIRED · RETIRED$11,500$7,090.90 to date, as reported
MORRILL, DEBORAH MS.Given through a conduit committeeSAN ANTONIO, TXRETIRED · RETIRED$11,500$7,000 to date, as reported
STANTON, JOHN MR. JR.Given through a conduit committeeHOUSTON, TXRETIRED · RETIRED$10,000$10,500 to date, as reported
NYE, ERLE A. MR.DALLAS, TXE.N. CONSULTING · CONSULTANT$10,000$10,500 to date, as reported
CERNY, MICHAEL MR.Given through a conduit committeeSAINT PETERSBURG, FLCHARTER BROKERAGE LLC · CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER$10,000$7,000 to date, as reported
MISCHER, PAULA MS.HOUSTON, TXSELF-EMPLOYED · INVESTMENTS$10,000$10,431.60 to date, as reported

Outside spending, apart from contributions

Groups report spending $6,728,914.79 to support this member and $4,331,709.76 to oppose this member in 2025 and 2026. The member does not receive this money.

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Source: Federal Election Commission. Period: January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026. Our copy of the FEC's answers was saved October 8, 2026.

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