James Lankford Voting Record and Issue Profile

Based on 8 tracked votes, this profile is less climate-focused, including opposing undo recent changes that ended certain tax credits for clean energy projects and opposing change when a tax credit for residential clean energy (like solar panels and heat pumps) expires, extending the financial benefit for homeowners who install these systems.

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including opposing create a rule preventing Congress from passing laws that would increase energy costs for Americans, such as making electricity bills, construction materials, or gas more expensive.

Based on 20 tracked votes, this profile is more cutback-focused, including opposing cut the Pentagon's budget by 10 percent and use that money to expand dental care services for veterans at the VA and opposing prevent the government from taking back money that was already allocated to global health programs, particularly those related to family planning and reproductive health services.

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including opposing set aside budget room to protect and expand access to fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization by making them more affordable and widely covered across the country.

Based on 3 tracked votes, this profile is more tax-and-spend focused, including opposing modify a budget resolution to include tax cuts aimed at middle-class Americans and opposing block tax cuts for wealthy individuals and use the savings to help families afford food and basic necessities.

Based on 2 tracked votes, this profile is less labor-supportive, including opposing change Senate rules to allow raising the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour with only a simple majority vote, instead of the 60 votes currently required and opposing set aside money in the federal budget to potentially protect federal workers' rights to join unions and negotiate contracts without increasing the overall deficit.

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including opposing the federal government to collect and report data on veterans who die by suicide using firearms and would have been flagged in the background check system if they had tried to buy a gun.

Mixed. Across 5 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including backing end debate in the Senate to allow a vote on an amendment that would require voters to show a photo ID when voting and backing require the President to appoint and the Senate to confirm the Inspector General positions at the Federal Reserve and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, instead of allowing these agencies to choose their own inspectors.

Mixed. Across 13 tracked votes, the record split across both sides of the issue, including opposing take back money that was allocated to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and make changes to the Medicaid health insurance program for low-income people and opposing cut off all federal funding for programs that help refugees and people entering the United States resettle and get assistance.

Not enough tracked votes yet. This is based on 1 tracked vote, including opposing set aside budget room to fund measures that would stop Trump's proposed tariffs from making groceries and everyday items more expensive for American families.

Based on 8 tracked votes, this profile is more restrained on foreign policy, including opposing prevent the cancellation of $15 million in funding that was previously approved for the United States Institute of Peace and opposing restore funding to international organizations and programs that was previously cut.