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Jim Banks

U.S. Senator for Indiana

Republican · Since 2025 · Next election: 2030 · Age 47 · Junior senator

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Jim Banks is the junior U.S. Senator for Indiana, a Republican serving since 2025.

Banks has served in the Senate longer than 5 of its 99 other members.

Banks sits on 4 committees: Armed Services; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; and Veterans' Affairs.

In the Senate's last 30 days in session (Jun 23 – Oct 2, 2026), Banks voted in 73 of 74 roll calls (99%). In that period, 51 bills Banks sponsored or cosponsored had new actions.

Banks's seat is next on the ballot in 2030.

This week (Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026)

Full schedule →

Senate: met Mon–Wed (Sep 28–30, 2026); a pro forma session Thu

12 roll-call votes: 6 Yea, 5 Nay, 1 Not Voting

  • · Hearing

    Hearings to examine an update on Golden Dome.

    Strategic Forces (Senate Armed Services Committee) · 222 Russell Senate Office Building · Notice

  • · Business meeting

    Business meeting to consider the nominations of Nicole Saphier, of New Jersey, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, Timothy Westlake, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and Mary Lazare, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, all of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Loren E. Sweatt, of Virginia, and Douglas Ralph, of Kentucky, both to be a Member of the National Mediation Board.

    Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

  • · Hearing

    Hearings to examine the nominations of Jeremy Wiggins, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Matthew Jones, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and David Slade, of Florida, to be First Vice President, and Michael Rigas, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors, both of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

    Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee · 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building · Notice

Votes

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Voted in 73 of 74 roll calls (99%), Jun 23 – Oct 2, 2026.

Banks voted with the majority of Senate Republicans on 71 roll calls and against it on 2.

Votes against the party majority and missed votes

Jim Banks's most recent votes against the party majority and missed votes
DateVoteQuestionResultJim BanksNote
Sep 28No. 247On the Amendment S. 4668Kennedy Amdt. No. 6760Amendment RejectedYeaMost Senate Republicans: Nay
Sep 28No. 245On the Amendment S. 4668Baldwin Amdt. No. 6828Amendment Agreed toNot VotingDid not vote
Aug 8No. 227On the Motion to Table H.R. 6500Motion to Table Budd Amdt. No. 6747Motion to Table Agreed toNayMost Senate Republicans: Yea

Legislation

107 bills sponsored and 263 cosponsored in the 119th Congress

  • S. 2398 Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act

    Cosponsor · Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Became Public Law No: 119-118.

    This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address vector-borne diseases (e.g., diseases spread by bites from ticks or mosquitoes).

  • S.Res. 917 A resolution expressing support for the designation of September as "Dystonia Awareness Month" to promote public awareness and understanding of dystonia.

    Sponsor · Latest action Sep 29, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5138; text: CR S5172)

  • S. 5601 A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to establish reporting requirements and voluntary guidance for large artificial intelligence contractors.

    Sponsor · Latest action Sep 29, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Campaign finance

Raised
$2,291,159
Spent
$1,784,261
Cash on hand
$3,120,254

2030 election cycle, through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC S4IN00196

Indiana senators

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