Joni Ernst

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

Ernst 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 GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); the Rescissions Act of 2025, which cancelled about $9 billion in approved spending; 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, Ernst 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. Ernst votes to cancel 23 and against cancelling 0, and did not vote on 1. The rules Ernst votes to cancel come from: Interior: Bureau of Land Management (7), Environmental Protection Agency (6), Energy (4), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2), District of Columbia government (1), Treasury: Comptroller of the Currency (1), Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1) and Interior: Ocean Energy Management (1).

Ernst votes the same way as most Senate Republicans on all 36 of these Yes and No votes.

Ernst did not vote on the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026 and the law that cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.