Basics
- Chamber
- senate
- Party
- Republican
- State
- ID
- Class
- —
- Rank
- junior
Contact & office
- Office
- 483 Russell Senate Office Building
- Address
- 483 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Identifiers
- Bioguide
- R000584
- OSID
- N00029441
- C-SPAN
- 1020034
- PVS
- —
Committees
- Africa and Global Health Policy (Ex Officio)
- East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy (Ex Officio)
- Energy (Member)
- Europe and Regional Security Cooperation (Ex Officio)
- Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy (Ex Officio)
- Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism (Ex Officio)
- Public Lands, Forests, and Mining (Member)
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Member)
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (Chair)
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Member)
- Senate Select Committee on Ethics (Member)
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (Member)
- State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development (Ex Officio)
- United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control (Member)
- Water and Power (Member)
- Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues (Ex Officio)
Sponsored bills (recent)
- S.Res. 573 — A resolution expressing the need for the United States’ continued leadership on matters of religious freedom. · 2025-12-18
- S.Res. 536 — A resolution designating December 2, 2025, as “World Nuclear Energy Day”. · 2025-12-08
- S. 3085 — Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act of 2025 · 2025-10-30
- S. 2960 — Deter PRC Aggression Against Taiwan Act · 2025-10-01
- S. 2904 — SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act of 2025 · 2025-09-18
- S. 2813 — FIRE Act · 2025-09-16
- S. 2753 — Urban Canal Modernization Act · 2025-09-10
- S. 2647 — International Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025 · 2025-08-01
- S. 2562 — Equal Shot Act of 2025 · 2025-07-31
- S.Res. 342 — A resolution honoring the contributions of small manufacturers of firearms to the economy, culture, and recreational heritage of the United States and recognizing August 2025 as “National Shooting Sports Month”. · 2025-07-29
Votes (recent)
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Charles Lea to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee: Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be United Stat… · Yea · 2026-02-04
- On the Nomination PN726-2: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri · Yea · 2026-02-04
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United Stat… · Yea · 2026-02-04
- On the Nomination PN726-12: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska · Yea · 2026-02-04
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Christian Peterson to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United Stat… · Yea · 2026-02-03
- On the Nomination PN726-6: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas · Yea · 2026-02-03
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Jon Ganjei to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States … · Yea · 2026-02-03
- On the Nomination PN726-5: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas · Yea · 2026-02-03
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be Un… · Not Voting · 2026-02-02
- H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 · Yea · 2026-01-30
District / state context
- Population
- 1854109
- Median income
- 70214
- Poverty rate
- 11.0
- State
- Idaho
Raw GovTrack payload (debug)
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