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U.S. Senate · Arkansas

Tom Cotton

RRepublicanIn this seat since January 6, 2015Term ends January 3, 2027This seat is on the ballot November 3, 2026.

Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Cotton has a recorded vote on 38 laws that passed.

35 Yes · 0 No · 3 Did not vote
Confirmed from the official record

This record covers laws that passed. Votes on bills that did not become law are not included yet.

The record in plain language

Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 38 came to a recorded vote in the Senate while Cotton is a member. The rest passed the Senate by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.

Cotton votes Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the HALT Fentanyl Act; the Rescissions Act of 2025, which cancelled about $9 billion in approved spending; the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.

On funding the government, Cotton votes Yes on the March 2025 full-year funding law; the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown; the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA; the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies; and the September 2026 funding extension.

Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the Senate in that time. Cotton votes to cancel 22 and against cancelling 0, and did not vote on 2. The rules Cotton votes to cancel come from: Interior: Bureau of Land Management (6), Environmental Protection Agency (6), Energy (4), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2), District of Columbia government (1), Interior: National Park Service (1), Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1) and Interior: Ocean Energy Management (1).

Cotton votes the same way as most Senate Republicans on all 35 of these Yes and No votes.

Cotton did not vote on the law that cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development; the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); and the law that cancels a bank regulator's rule that changed how proposed bank mergers are reviewed, restoring the earlier, faster process.

Votes on laws that passed

Public Law 119-111 · Signed September 18, 2026Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026

Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.

House 262–159Senate 86–11Votes Yes
Public Law 119-103 · Signed September 2, 2026Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027

Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.

House 370–48Senate 90–6Votes Yes
Public Law 119-101 · Became law without a signature on July 11, 202621st Century ROAD to Housing Act

A package of housing measures intended to increase the supply of homes.

House 358–32Senate 85–5Votes Yes
Public Law 119-98 · Signed June 10, 2026Secure America Act

Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.

House 214–212Senate 52–47Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 140 · Signed April 27, 2026Public Law 119-85

Cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.

House 214–208Senate 50–49Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 142 · Signed February 18, 2026Public Law 119-78

Cancels a District of Columbia law that changed how D.C.'s income and business taxes follow federal tax rules.

House 215–210Senate 49–47Votes Yes
Public Law 119-75 · Signed February 3, 2026Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026

Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for a further group of federal agencies.

House 217–214Senate 71–29Votes Yes
Public Law 119-74 · Signed January 23, 2026Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026

Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, science agencies, energy and water programs, the Interior Department and the EPA.

House 397–28Senate 82–15Votes Yes
Public Law 119-60 · Signed December 18, 2025National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

The annual defense policy law.

House 312–112Senate 77–20Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 131 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-52

Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

House 217–209Senate 49–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 130 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-51

Cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area.

House 214–212Senate 51–43Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 106 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-50

Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.

House 215–210Senate 50–46Did not vote
H.J.Res. 105 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-49

Cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased.

House 215–211Senate 50–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 104 · Signed December 11, 2025Public Law 119-48

Cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area.

House 211–208Senate 52–47Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 80 · Signed December 5, 2025Public Law 119-47

Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

House 216–209Senate 52–45Votes Yes
Public Law 119-37 · Signed November 12, 2025Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026

Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.

House 222–209Senate 60–40Votes Yes
Public Law 119-28 · Signed July 24, 2025Rescissions Act of 2025

Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.

House adopted H.Res. 590, 216–213Senate 51–48Votes Yes
Public Law 119-27 · Signed July 18, 2025GENIUS Act

Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).

House 308–122Senate 68–30Did not vote
Public Law 119-26 · Signed July 16, 2025HALT Fentanyl Act

Permanently places fentanyl-related substances in the most restricted drug category, which carries the strictest criminal penalties, and eases registration for researchers who study them.

House 321–104Senate 84–16Votes Yes
Public Law 119-21 · Signed July 4, 2025One Big Beautiful Bill Act

A broad tax and spending law.

House 218–214Senate 50–50Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 31 · Signed June 20, 2025Public Law 119-20

Cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category.

House 216–212Senate 52–46Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 13 · Signed June 20, 2025Public Law 119-19

Cancels a bank regulator's rule that changed how proposed bank mergers are reviewed, restoring the earlier, faster process.

House 220–207Senate 52–47Did not vote
H.J.Res. 89 · Signed June 12, 2025Public Law 119-17

Cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines.

House 225–196Senate 49–46Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 88 · Signed June 12, 2025Public Law 119-16

Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.

House 246–164Senate 51–44Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 87 · Signed June 12, 2025Public Law 119-15

Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.

House 231–191Senate 51–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 61 · Signed May 23, 2025Public Law 119-14

Cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants.

House 216–202Senate 55–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 60 · Signed May 23, 2025Public Law 119-13

Cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

House 219–205Senate 50–43Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 28 · Signed May 9, 2025Public Law 119-11

Cancels a rule that would have put the largest digital payment apps under the consumer bureau's regular supervision.

House 219–211Senate 51–47Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 18 · Signed May 9, 2025Public Law 119-10

Cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions.

House 217–211Senate 52–48Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 75 · Signed May 9, 2025Public Law 119-9

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers.

House 214–193Senate 52–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 42 · Signed May 9, 2025Public Law 119-8

Cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.

House 222–203Senate 52–46Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 24 · Signed May 9, 2025Public Law 119-7

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.

House 203–182Senate 53–42Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 20 · Signed May 9, 2025Public Law 119-6

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for tankless gas water heaters.

House 221–198Senate 53–44Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 25 · Signed April 10, 2025Public Law 119-5

Cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.

House 292–132Senate 70–28Votes Yes
Public Law 119-4 · Signed March 15, 2025Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

Funds the federal government through September 30, 2025, mostly at the prior year's levels, with more for defense and less for non-defense programs.

House 217–213Senate 54–46Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 11 · Signed March 14, 2025Public Law 119-3

Cancels a rule that required offshore oil and gas leaseholders to submit archaeological surveys of the seabed before drilling.

House 221–202Senate 54–44Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 35 · Signed March 14, 2025Public Law 119-2

Cancels an EPA rule that set up how oil and gas facilities would be charged a fee for excess methane emissions.

House 220–206Senate 52–47Votes Yes
Public Law 119-1 · Signed January 29, 2025Laken Riley Act

Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.

House 263–156Senate 64–35Votes Yes

What this member says about laws and orders

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1 excerpt

  1. Cotton to Lutnick: Chinese Networking Equipment Risks National Security

    “This work is critical to our national security, and we commend President Trump’s Executive Order 13873 to allow the Commerce Department to prohibit transactions in our country that pose unacceptable risk to American national security.”

    Named by: order number · Saved October 6, 2026 · Fingerprint 3548fe4f6961177d

Member-requested spending

Confirmed from the official record

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.

Online ads

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Campaign money

For the 2026 election cycle, Cotton's campaign reports receiving $6,233,116.56 and reports spending $3,752,101.46, as of June 30, 2026.

Confirmed from the official record
What the filing reports2026 cycleFEC number S4AR00103as of June 30, 20262024 cycleFEC number S4AR00103as of December 31, 2024
Money raised (total receipts)$6,233,116.56$2,488,964.09
Money spent (total disbursements)$3,752,101.46$2,821,992.91
Cash on hand (at the end of the period)$9,931,884.93$7,450,869.83
Debts (owed by the committee)$73,959.00$73,959.00

Where it comes from

Reported as received from2026 cycleFEC number S4AR00103as of June 30, 20262024 cycleFEC number S4AR00103as of December 31, 2024
Individuals, itemized$2,621,967.92$942,455.19
Individuals, unitemized$552,196.55$595,044.05
Other political committees$1,129,500.00$181,500.00
Party committees$62,000.00$0.00
The candidate, contributions$0.00$0.00
The candidate, loans$0.00$0.00

Committees

Every figure is copied from the Federal Election Commission. The campaign's committee reports each one.

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Where this comes from

We saved our own copy of each official Senate vote file listed here before writing this page. A code beside a file is its fingerprint, a short code that changes if the file's contents change.

Official portraitCongress.gov member directory · saved October 5, 2026 · Courtesy U.S. Senate Historical Office
b0d66b59e44d4567Confirmed from the official record
Senate roll call 224 of 2026 (Russia and Iran sanctions law)senate.gov · saved October 5, 2026
Confirmed from the official record
Senate roll call 228 of 2026 (September 2026 funding extension)senate.gov · saved October 5, 2026
Confirmed from the official record
Senate roll call 182 of 2026 (21st Century ROAD to Housing Act)senate.gov · saved October 5, 2026
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