Votes, bills and records by issue · 119th Congress
Education
Jim Banks
Republican, Indiana
On Education, the 29 measures they backed give a position, but too few senators in each caucus have a position here to compare.
From votes
Too few votes for a position from votes: 2 votes cast, and a position needs 20.
From bills backed
29 measures · 13 sponsored · 16 cosponsored
Too few senators in each caucus have a position here to compare.
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 0.26
- Democratic caucus median −0.40, from 29 senators
- Republican caucus median 0.15, from 9 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 joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations".
Voted Nay
A bill to require institutions of higher education to disseminate information on the rights of, and accommodations and resources for, pregnant students, and for other purposes.
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.
3 measures this senator backed have no other backer on the map, so they are listed but not counted in the position from bills.
Sponsored
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require that recipients of Pell Grants be citizens or nationals of the United States.
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Stop the Sexualization of Children Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
PARITY Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
RAYS Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
RISE Act
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 543.
Show the other 11 sponsored measures
Student Loan Tax Elimination Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
PELL Act
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Empower Parents to Protect their Kids Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Putting American Students First Act
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
No Loan Forgiveness for Terrorists Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Fairness in Higher Education Accreditation Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Safeguarding American Education From Foreign Control Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
College Admissions Accountability Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
College Employment Accountability Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
No Tax Dollars for College Encampments Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cosponsored
No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
A resolution designating the week of September 27, 2026, through October 3, 2026, as "Religious Education Week" to celebrate religious education in the United States.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4949-4950)
READ Act
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 549.
DETERRENT Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Home School Graduation Recognition Act
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 354.
Show the other 11 cosponsored measures
A resolution designating the week of January 25 through January 31, 2026, as "National School Choice Week".
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S294)
Pregnant Students’ Rights Act
Latest action, : Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 45. Record Vote Number: 12. (CR S286)
College Transparency Act
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 537.
21st Century Dyslexia Act
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 542.
A resolution designating the week of October 5, 2025, through October 11, 2025, as "Religious Education Week" to celebrate religious education in the United States.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Equal Campus Access Act of 2025
Latest action, : Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Returning Education to Our States Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
REDI Act
Latest action, : Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
A resolution designating the week of January 26 through February 1, 2025, as "National School Choice Week".
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S486)
Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.