Votes, bills and records by issue · 119th Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
Jim Banks
Republican, Indiana
On Crime and Law Enforcement, the 21 measures they backed sit 17% past the typical Republican, on the far side from the typical Democrat.
From votes
Too few votes for a position from votes: 4 votes cast, and a position needs 20.
From bills backed
21 measures · 2 sponsored · 19 cosponsored
Sits 17% past the typical Republican, on the far side from the typical Democrat.
Exact figures
Positions are coordinates on the map's main axis. Only the distance from the typical Democrat and typical Republican means anything.
From bills backed
- Senator at 0.36
- Democratic caucus median −0.37, from 39 senators
- Republican caucus median 0.25, from 35 senators
Each mark is a senator. The vertical line is the typical senator in that caucus.
A position shows which senators someone votes or legislates alongside, not whether they are for or against a policy. Issues come from each bill's topic, so an issue can include amendments on other topics. Left and right on the strips have no meaning of their own. Bills often have backers from both parties, so a position from bills is read against the medians for bills, not against the position from votes. See how these summaries are written.
- Contested vote:
- a roll call where the losing side got at least 10% of the votes cast.
- Party break:
- a contested vote against the majority of their own party.
- Cosponsor:
- a senator who signs on to support a measure, a bill or resolution, that another senator introduced. Bills backed means sponsored or cosponsored.
- Typical senator:
- the middle senator of a group, with half on each side. "17% of the way" means 17% of the distance from the typical senator in one party to the typical senator in the other.
Votes on this issue
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, and for other purposes.
Voted Yea
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.
Voted Yea
Legislation on this issue
These are records, not a score, and sponsoring a measure does not mean it moved. Simple and concurrent resolutions cannot become law, and a proposal enacted through a companion House bill or inside a larger bill is not counted as becoming law here.
Sponsored
Cosponsored
Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Show the other 14 cosponsored measures
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to include rioting in the definition of racketeering activity.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Protect and Serve Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Back the Blue Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Flight Risk Reduction Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A resolution condemning the assassination of Charlie Kirk and honoring his life and legacy.
Latest action, : Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6637; text: CR S6652)
A resolution designating the week of May 11 through May 17, 2025, as "National Police Week".
Latest action, : Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2901; text: CR S2898-2899)
Justice for American Victims of Illegal Aliens Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Thin Blue Line Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
DETERRENCE Act
Latest action, : Held at the desk.
Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.
Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Latest action, : Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 47. Record Vote Number: 11. (CR S294-295)
Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.