Member of Congress · 119th Congress
Jim Banks
Jim Banks is a Republican U.S. senator from Indiana, in Congress since 2017, who voted with most Republicans on 99% of the 119th Congress’s yes/no votes and has had 2 bills become law since 2017.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn the Nomination — Nomination voteSep 30, 2026 · Nomination Confirmed
- YeaOn the Cloture Motion — Nomination voteSep 30, 2026 · Cloture Motion Agreed to
- YeaOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Ratepayer Protection ActSep 30, 2026 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
- YeaOn Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Stop Insider Trading ActSep 30, 2026 · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
- NayOn the Motion to Discharge — A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.Sep 29, 2026 · Motion to Discharge Rejected
5 most recent bills
- S. 5601 Insider Threat Reporting and Security Guidance Act of 2026Sep 29, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- S. 5599 River Ridge Land Conveyance ActSep 29, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- S. 5598 Blocking Foreign Cellular Modules in Defense Systems Act of 2026Sep 29, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- S. 5597 Service Academy Testing Enhancement Act of 2026Sep 29, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- S. 5596 Military DEI Repeal Act of 2026Sep 29, 2026 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3656 (115th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Veterans Affairs memorial headstones and…Became law
- H.R. 8656 (117th) To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Mishawaka, Indiana, as the "Jackie Walorski VA Clinic".Became law
- H.R. 589 (118th) MAHSA ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 4173 (115th) Veterans Crisis Line Study Act of 2017Passed a chamber
- S. 921 (119th) Tyler’s LawPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3996 (116th) VA Design-Build Construction Enhancement Act of 2019Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5918 (117th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays members of the Armed Forces for certain contributions made by…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 502 (118th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs repays members of the Armed Forces for certain contributions made by…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Committees
- Senate Committee on Armed ServicesSubcommittee on Personnel, Subcommittee on Seapower, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsSubcommittee on Economic Policy, Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsSubcommittee on Education and the American Family, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsNo subcommittees
Elections Sen. Banks has won
Sen. Banks has won 4 U.S. House elections (2016–2022) and 1 U.S. Senate election (2024). Of the contested races, margins ran from 19.9 to 47.1 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Local offices
Offices in the district or state, as listed in a public-domain community file. The Washington office is in the Contact section above.
- Fort Wayne office1300 S. Harrison St., E Ross Adair Federal Building, Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Phone 260-321-7130 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap) - Hammond office5400 Federal Plaza, Suite 3200, Hammond Federal Building Courthouse, Hammond, IN 46320
Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)
Evidence
- File
- legislators-district-offices-2026-09-24-8d698e92.json, entries B001299-fort_wayne, B001299-hammond (2 offices)
- Published at
- https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-district-offices.json
- File date
- September 24, 2026 (server “last modified”)
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- File SHA-256
8d698e92f8ebae3bdd387bfef239584164160e59d444ba1cbff46f32aa450f59- Licence
- CC0 1.0 (public domain)
Read this first. This list is kept up by volunteers and may be out of date. Confirm hours and addresses on the member’s official site, www.banks.senate.gov.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
119th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 107 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 107 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 25, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 6 | See the 6 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 119th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 25, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Votes on civilian nominations
237 confirmation roll calls this senator was on the roll for, 119th Congress. A tally of what the record shows, not a score.
- Yea · September 30, 2026 · Keith Sonderling Secretary of Labor
- Yea · September 23, 2026 · Angela Veronica Colmenero United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas
- Yea · September 17, 2026 · Kasdin Miller Mitchell United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
- Yea · September 15, 2026 · Matthew R. Byrne United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio
- Yea · August 8, 2026 · Todd Blanche Attorney General
- Yea · August 7, 2026 · Michael Kavoukjian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway
- Yea · August 5, 2026 · Erica Schwartz Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Yea · July 28, 2026 · Walter Clayton Director of National Intelligence
Evidence
- What is counted
- Senate roll calls in the 119th Congress on the question of confirming a civilian nomination, as recorded on senate.gov. Cloture and procedural votes are not counted.
- How it is matched
- The vote record names the nomination number; the senator is matched by the Senate member id.
- Not voting
- Includes absences and any other reason. The record does not say why.
589 of the 617 confirmed civilian nominations show a roll-call vote on their latest-action line; the rest show a voice vote, unanimous consent or another method, with no individual votes. So this is only the roll-call subset. It says nothing about whether any vote was right or wrong.
Data as of Oct 25, 2026 (member stats) · latest recorded Senate vote Sep 30, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.