Votes, bills and records by issue · 119th Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
Tom Cotton
Republican, Arkansas
On Crime and Law Enforcement, the 25 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
25 measures · 3 sponsored · 22 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 0.35
- 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.
8 measures this senator backed have no other backer on the map, so they are listed but not counted in the position from bills.
Sponsored
Biosecurity Smuggling Deterrence Act of 2026
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Visual Protection of Strategic Assets Act
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
National Guard Protective Zone Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Fair Sentencing Act
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Protect Our Prosecutors and Judges Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Show the other 6 sponsored measures
Preventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
No Bail Post-Jail Act
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to impose criminal penalties for camping on public property in the District of Columbia.
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mitigating Extreme Lawlessness and Threats Act
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A resolution condemning the commutation of the death sentence of Anthony George Battle granted by President Biden on December 23, 2024.
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S140)
A resolution condemning the commutation of the death sentence of Marvin Charles Gabrion II granted by President Biden on December 23, 2024.
Not counted in the position from bills: no other backer on the map.
Latest action, : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S140)
Cosponsored
Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Stop PRC Economic Espionage Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
STOP CSAM Act of 2025
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 106.
Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Show the other 17 cosponsored measures
A resolution designating the week of May 10 through May 16, 2026, 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 S2313; text: CR S2310)
Safer Prisons Act of 2026
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Innovate to De-Escalate Modernization Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Halo Act
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.
GUARD Act
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 406.
Violent Juvenile Offender Accountability Act of 2025
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
FIRE 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)
PRICE Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
DC CRIMES Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act
Latest action, : Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Drone Espionage Act
Latest action, : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 316.
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)
GATE CRASHERS 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.