Tom Cotton — GovTally

Topics in their record

Topics found in sponsored legislation and separately sourced statements. Legislative activity on a topic is not presented as a policy stance. AI-derived tags

Civil Rights & Liberties 3 Foreign Policy & Trade 3 Technology & Privacy 3 Criminal Justice & Policing 2 Defense & Military 2 Government Operations & Budget 2 Environment & Energy 1 Healthcare 1 Immigration 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 2), AR current Arkansas	Republican	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), AR Arkansas	Republican	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, AR-4 Arkansas	Republican	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Arkansas United States	Republican	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2021	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District AR-4 United States	Republican	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2015	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Joint Economic Committee unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Airland unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Cybersecurity unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Emerging Threats and Capabilities unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Armed Services — Strategic Forces unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Energy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Public Lands, Forests, and Mining unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.578, social dim. 0.201. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
SJRES 138 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to…	On the Motion to Discharge	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-81	Apr 15, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-81 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 32 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to…	On the Motion to Discharge	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-80	Apr 15, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-80 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 123 A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or…	On the Motion to Discharge	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-79	Apr 15, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-79 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-78	Apr 14, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-78 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-77	Apr 14, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-77 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-76	Apr 14, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-76 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-75	Apr 13, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-75 US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-74	Mar 26, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-74 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-71	Mar 25, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-71 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-59	Mar 20, 2026	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-59 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-73	Mar 26, 2026	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-73 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 103 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-72	Mar 25, 2026	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-72 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 107 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-70	Mar 25, 2026	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-70 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 116 A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or…	On the Motion to Discharge	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-69	Mar 24, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-69 US-GOV-PD
S 1383 Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025	On the Motion to Table	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-68	Mar 24, 2026	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-68 US-GOV-PD
	On the Motion to Table	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-67	Mar 24, 2026	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-67 US-GOV-PD
	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-61	Mar 21, 2026	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-61 US-GOV-PD
	On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-57	Mar 17, 2026	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-57 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-66	Mar 24, 2026	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-66 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-65	Mar 24, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-65 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-64	Mar 23, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-64 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-63	Mar 23, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-63 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-62	Mar 22, 2026	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-62 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-60	Mar 21, 2026	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-60 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 118 A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or…	On the Motion to Discharge	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-58	Mar 18, 2026	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-58 US-GOV-PD

Campaign finance

2024 · Itemized receipts loaded

Period Mar 21, 2022–Dec 31, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 5:53 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Gross receipts loaded	Refunds/reversals loaded	Net receipts loaded
$2,489,780	$0	$2,489,780

Largest itemized receipts

Cycle	Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Coverage	Source
2024	$50,199	U.S. TREASURY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Public financing	Nov 15, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$46,004	U.S. TREASURY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Public financing	Nov 15, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$42,827	U.S. TREASURY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Public financing	May 15, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$33,117	U.S. TREASURY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Public financing	Aug 15, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$31,161	COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Dec 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$24,082	COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Dec 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$21,043	U.S. TREASURY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Public financing	May 4, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$20,556	COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Sep 28, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$19,911	COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$19,388	COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Jun 27, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$18,364	COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Mar 29, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$17,387	COTTON VICTORY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Dec 31, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$16,117	COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Corporate PAC	Mar 29, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$13,750	U.S. TREASURY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Public financing	Feb 15, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$13,750	U.S. TREASURY	COTTON FOR SENATE, INC.	Public financing	Feb 15, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest loaded receipts, not a complete total. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.