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5.1%
of sponsored bills got out of committee, the lowest of 51 Senate Republicans
5.1% of 97 sponsored bills got out of committee; the average for Senate Republicans is 22%. Ranks 51st of 51, where 1st is the highest share.
The share of bills Cotton sponsored that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, ranked among Senate Republicans. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position as well as effort.
At a glance
6 measures against Senate Republicans. 80% of Cotton’s statements discuss policy, in the top quarter of Senate Republicans (average 70%). Cotton sits at +1.25 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 89% of Senate Republicans.
The measures on which Cotton sits furthest from the middle of Senate Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.
Out of committee
5.1%
Senate Republicans average 22% · ranks 51st of 51
Policy discussion
80%
Senate Republicans average 70% · ranks 6th of 52
CSIP ideology
+1.25
More conservative than 89% of Senate Republicans · ± 0.01
Talk-to-bills agreement
0.71
Senate Republicans average 0.64 · ranks 5th of 52
Extreme labels
7.8%
Senate Republicans average 2.9% · ranks 5th of 52
Bipartisanship
5.5%
Senate Republicans average 13% · ranks 46th of 52
Peer group: Senate Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Cotton, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Cotton is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).
What Cotton says
Cotton stresses bipartisanship less than 86% of Senate Republicans. Bipartisanship in 5.5% of 2,280 statements, against 13% for the average Senate Republican; 46th of 52.
An AI model reads each of Cotton’s 2,280 statements in the 119th Congress (1,963 posts on X, 229 press releases, 88 Congressional Record speeches) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for Senate Republicans and ranked among them.
Kinds of statement
Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress
0%80%
Cotton
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,823 statements
80%
70%
6th of 52
Credit claiming764 statements
34%
36%
34th of 52
Policy criticism410 statements
18%
17%
22nd of 52
Bipartisanship125 statements
5%
13%
46th of 52
Personal attacks54 statements
2%
2%
21st of 52
Show the data
| Row | Cotton | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Policy discussion | 80% | 70% |
| Credit claiming | 34% | 36% |
| Policy criticism | 18% | 17% |
| Bipartisanship | 5% | 13% |
| Personal attacks | 2% | 2% |
2,280
statements classified
1,963 posts on X, 229 press releases, 88 Congressional Record speeches.
Show the data
| Part | Value |
|---|---|
| posts on X | 1,963 |
| press releases | 229 |
| Congressional Record speeches | 88 |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is Cotton; the thin grey bar is the average Senate Republicans. A longer thick bar means Cotton does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.
Extreme labels
Cotton used extreme labels in 7.8% of statements, 2.7 times the peer average. 179 statements, most often aimed at China; peers 2.9%.
- “communist”96
- “radical”54
- “woke”7
- “MAGA”3
- “far left”3
Who gets the labels
Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements
- China45
- Communist China17
- Democrats12
- Iran8
- Democratic Party6
What an extreme label is
Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.
Month by month
Share of statements per month, the 119th Congress
Show the data
| Column | Statements | Personal attacks | Policy criticism | Policy discussion | Bipartisanship | Credit claiming | Extreme labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan ’25 | 79 | 12.7% | 25.3% | 77.2% | 17.7% | 19.0% | 15.2% |
| Feb ’25 | 55 | 5.5% | 32.7% | 81.8% | 12.7% | 32.7% | 7.3% |
| Mar ’25 | 73 | 6.9% | 11.0% | 57.5% | 8.2% | 27.4% | 12.3% |
| Apr ’25 | 65 | 1.5% | 16.9% | 72.3% | 7.7% | 30.8% | 10.8% |
| May ’25 | 63 | 0.0% | 28.6% | 84.1% | 11.1% | 39.7% | 4.8% |
| Jun ’25 | 82 | 1.2% | 15.8% | 79.3% | 3.7% | 26.8% | 7.3% |
| Jul ’25 | 137 | 5.8% | 24.8% | 85.4% | 4.4% | 42.3% | 8.0% |
| Aug ’25 | 103 | 2.9% | 16.5% | 70.9% | 5.8% | 29.1% | 2.9% |
| Sep ’25 | 113 | 2.6% | 21.2% | 72.6% | 4.4% | 38.9% | 9.7% |
| Oct ’25 | 143 | 2.1% | 35.0% | 72.7% | 9.8% | 29.4% | 16.1% |
| Nov ’25 | 74 | 0.0% | 24.3% | 78.4% | 1.4% | 29.7% | 12.2% |
| Dec ’25 | 136 | 0.0% | 15.4% | 86.8% | 6.6% | 36.8% | 4.4% |
| Jan ’26 | 140 | 0.7% | 5.7% | 92.1% | 0.7% | 31.4% | 1.4% |
| Feb ’26 | 146 | 1.4% | 21.9% | 75.3% | 6.2% | 43.8% | 7.5% |
| Mar ’26 | 155 | 0.7% | 24.5% | 81.3% | 5.8% | 33.6% | 8.4% |
| Apr ’26 | 130 | 4.6% | 10.0% | 90.0% | 3.1% | 33.9% | 3.9% |
| May ’26 | 104 | 0.0% | 17.3% | 74.0% | 1.9% | 33.7% | 10.6% |
| Jun ’26 | 114 | 0.9% | 24.6% | 81.6% | 9.7% | 42.1% | 14.0% |
| Jul ’26 | 138 | 2.9% | 6.5% | 76.1% | 2.9% | 24.6% | 8.0% |
| Aug ’26 | 88 | 2.3% | 3.4% | 84.1% | 0.0% | 25.0% | 5.7% |
| Sep ’26 | 99 | 0.0% | 7.1% | 90.9% | 1.0% | 40.4% | 0.0% |
| Oct ’26 | 43 | 0.0% | 4.7% | 86.1% | 2.3% | 34.9% | 2.3% |
How to read the strips
Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the 119th Congress, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.
In Cotton’s words
Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned
Bipartisanship
Cotton, Senators to Hegseth, Lutnick: Preserve Domestic Critical Mineral Supply Chain to Beat Communist China FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tatum Wallace or Hannah McCarthy October 2, 2026 Cotton, Senators to Hegseth, Lutnick: Preserve Domestic Critical Mineral Supply Chain to Beat Communist China…
Oct 2, 2026 · Press releases · policy criticism; policy discussion; bipartisanship; Armed Forces and National Security; Commerce; International Affairs; Foreign Trade and International Finance; Science, Technology, Communications · Source
Extreme label
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Oct 7, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; Commerce; Public Lands and Natural Resources; Foreign Trade and International Finance; extreme label “communist” aimed at China · Source
Examples by category
Up to five recent statements in each category
Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.
Posts on X
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personal attacks · target: Tony FauciSource
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personal attacks · target: FauciSource
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personal attacks · target: Tony FauciSource
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Health · International Affairs · target: FauciSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Immigration · Armed Forces and National Security · Crime and Law Enforcement · target: MamdaniSource
All 2,280 statements
Newest first, the 119th Congress
The full feed
Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 1,963 posts on X, 229 press releases, 88 Congressional Record speeches.
Policy
Armed Forces and National Security is what Cotton talks about most: 42% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.71 on a 0–1 scale (Senate Republicans average 0.64; 5th of 52).
Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Cotton talks about. The bills Cotton sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.
What Cotton talks about
Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress
0%46%
Cotton
Peers
Armed Forces and National Security759 statements
42%
25%
International Affairs326 statements
18%
11%
Crime and Law Enforcement233 statements
13%
11%
Immigration221 statements
12%
10%
Health176 statements
10%
15%
Show the data
| Row | Cotton | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Armed Forces and National Security | 42% | 25% |
| International Affairs | 18% | 11% |
| Crime and Law Enforcement | 13% | 11% |
| Immigration | 12% | 10% |
| Health | 10% | 15% |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is the share of Cotton’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for Senate Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
Talks about · legislates on
Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 46%. Grey ticks are the Senate Republicans averages.
Show the data
| Area | Talks about | Senate Republicans, talks about | Legislates on | Senate Republicans, legislates on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armed Forces and National Security | 42% | 25% | 13% | 8% |
| International Affairs | 18% | 11% | 9% | 8% |
| Crime and Law Enforcement | 13% | 11% | 12% | 8% |
| Immigration | 12% | 10% | 11% | 4% |
| Health | 10% | 15% | 9% | 11% |
0.71
talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1
Senate Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 5th of 52.
What agreement means, and what it doesn’t
Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Cotton legislates on exactly the areas Cotton talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Cotton sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology
Cotton sits at +1.25 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 89% of Senate Republicans. Approximate range +1.23 to +1.26, which understates the uncertainty; from 16,195 donors and 4,288 roll calls.
CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.
+1.25
CSIP ideal point
Approximate range +1.23 to +1.26. From 16,195 donors and 4,288 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.
The outlined dot is Cotton, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Cotton’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.
What this means, and what it doesn’t
The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.
Where Cotton sits
Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale
Senate Republicans51 · median +1.0
All Senate98 · median +0.4
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| Group | Officials | Median | Share left of Cotton |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate Republicans | 51 | +1.0 | 88% |
| All Senate | 98 | +0.4 | 94% |
How to read the strips
Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Cotton in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Cotton.
Money
Cotton raised $7.1M in the 2026 cycle, 2.2 times the Senate Republicans’ median of $3.2M. 19% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 16% of itemized individual money came from Arkansas.
Campaign money from Federal Election Commission filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only.
$7.1M
raised in the 2026 cycle
From 3,643 itemized donors. Senate Republicans’ median $3.2M.
Where the money came from
Each square is one percent of 2026-cycle receipts, from FEC summary totals.
- Itemized individual (over $200)41 squares$2.9M
- Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)9 squares$665.2K
- PACs and other committees19 squares$1.3M
- Party committees1 squares$62.0K
- Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)30 squares$2.2M
Show the data
| Source | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Itemized individual (over $200) | $2.9M | 40.9% |
| Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less) | $665.2K | 9.3% |
| PACs and other committees | $1.3M | 18.5% |
| Party committees | $62.0K | 0.9% |
| Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds) | $2.2M | 30.3% |
What this means, and what it doesn’t
Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind. The small-donor share understates small giving when a campaign itemizes gifts made through ActBlue or WinRed.
Receipts by cycle
Total receipts, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the Senate Republicans’ median for 2026.
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2020 cycle | $9.1M |
| 2022 cycle | $4.9M |
| 2024 cycle | $2.5M |
| 2026 cycle | $7.1M |
Top donor states, 2026
Itemized contributions by donor state. 16% came from Arkansas.
- Arkansas$548.7K
- California$482.0K
- Florida$346.9K
- Texas$320.2K
- New York$287.3K
Small donations
Gifts of $200 or less as a share of individual money, by cycle. The thin grey bar is the 2026 Senate Republicans’ median.
0%60%
Cotton
Median
2026
19%
17%
2024
39%
17%
2022
56%
17%
2020
51%
17%
Show the data
| Row | Cotton | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 cycle | 19% | 17% |
| 2024 cycle | 39% | 17% |
| 2022 cycle | 56% | 17% |
| 2020 cycle | 51% | 17% |
Where itemized donors live
Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state
Show the data
| State | Value |
|---|---|
| Arkansas | $548.7K |
| California | $482.0K |
| Florida | $346.9K |
| Texas | $320.2K |
| New York | $287.3K |
| Pennsylvania | $135.8K |
| Virginia | $135.8K |
| Illinois | $131.9K |
| New Jersey | $117.7K |
| Connecticut | $100.8K |
| Colorado | $91.5K |
| Georgia | $80.7K |
| Utah | $57.9K |
| Massachusetts | $47.1K |
| Nevada | $45.0K |
| Ohio | $42.3K |
| Michigan | $40.2K |
| Missouri | $35.2K |
| Arizona | $34.1K |
| Washington | $27.3K |
| Indiana | $25.2K |
| Maryland | $22.8K |
| South Carolina | $21.1K |
| District of Columbia | $19.5K |
| Louisiana | $17.5K |
| Tennessee | $15.5K |
| North Carolina | $13.1K |
| Alabama | $11.3K |
| Wisconsin | $9,064 |
| Kansas | $9,039 |
| Minnesota | $8,586 |
| Iowa | $8,352 |
| New Hampshire | $7,903 |
| Oklahoma | $7,638 |
| Oregon | $4,966 |
| Montana | $4,534 |
| Idaho | $4,425 |
| Nebraska | $3,704 |
| Alaska | $3,043 |
| New Mexico | $2,390 |
| Maine | $2,115 |
| Wyoming | $1,782 |
| Mississippi | $1,724 |
| Kentucky | $1,722 |
| South Dakota | $1,674 |
| Delaware | $1,470 |
| Hawaii | $1,356 |
| West Virginia | $1,155 |
| North Dakota | $900 |
| Vermont | $466 |
| Rhode Island | $210 |
3,643
itemized donors
People who gave more than $200
16%
from Arkansas
Of itemized individual dollars
How to read the map
Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Arkansas. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.
Donors’ ideology
Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CSIP −1.00 to −0.75 | 0.2% |
| CSIP −0.75 to −0.50 | 0.9% |
| CSIP −0.50 to −0.25 | 2.5% |
| CSIP −0.25 to 0.00 | 6.0% |
| CSIP 0.00 to +0.25 | 7.5% |
| CSIP +0.25 to +0.50 | 10% |
| CSIP +0.50 to +0.75 | 12% |
| CSIP +0.75 to +1.00 | 27% |
| CSIP +1.00 to +1.25 | 33% |
| CSIP +1.25 to +1.50 | 0.6% |
| CSIP +1.50 to +1.75 | 0% |
How to read the columns
Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Cotton’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Cotton’s own score is +1.25.
Top donor occupations
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
- RETIRED$912.9K 2,395 donors
- ATTORNEY$168.6K 77 donors
- CEO$138.5K 42 donors
- HOMEMAKER$134.5K 61 donors
- INVESTOR$89.2K 17 donors
Top committees
PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.
- NRSC$62.0K
- ALABAMA FIRST PAC$10.0K
- ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC)$10.0K
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)$10.0K
- AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AXPPAC)$10.0K
Top employers
Itemized, 2026 cycle.
- BLACKSTONE$68.9K 7 donors
- STEPHENS INC.$51.5K 6 donors
- ANTHROPIC$28.0K 8 donors
- ENTREPRENEUR$25.1K 16 donors
- APOLLO$17.5K 5 donors
Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.
Votes
Cotton voted with the majority of Senate Republicans on 99.7% of party-line votes and missed 1.5% of 915 roll calls. Senate Republicans on average: 98.4% party unity, 97.1% attendance. Across all roll calls, Cotton voted against the majority of Senate Republicans 2 times.
915 roll calls Cotton could vote on in the 119th Congress, compared with Senate Republicans. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Cotton voted with the majority of Senate Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.
2
votes against the majority of Senate Republicans
Party unity 99.7%, Senate Republicans average 98.4%, ranks 21st of 53. 915 roll calls in the 119th Congress.
Attendance and party unity
The thick bar is Cotton, the thin grey bar the Senate Republicans average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.
80%100%
Cotton
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.4%
97.1%
22nd of 53
Party unity
99.7%
98.4%
21st of 53
Show the data
| Row | Cotton | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 98.4% | 97.1% |
| Party unity | 99.7% | 98.4% |
What this means, and what it doesn’t
A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.
Key votes
25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the 119th Congress
| Party split (yea–nay) | Why it’s key | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | S. 4668 A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes. On Passage of the Bill | Yea | With majority | Bill Passed | D 26–19 · R 50–2 · I 1–1Democrats 26 yea, 19 nay; Republicans 50 yea, 2 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 nay | party crossover |
| Sep 24, 2026 | H.Con.Res. 89 A concurrent resolution directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran. On the Concurrent Resolution | Nay | With majority | Concurrent Resolution Rejected | D 43–1 · R 4–49 · I 2–0Democrats 43 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 4 yea, 49 nay; Independents 2 yea, 0 nay | close vote |
| Aug 8, 2026 | H.R. 6500 An act making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes. On Passage of the Bill | Yea | With majority | Bill Passed | D 42–3 · R 47–2 · I 1–1Democrats 42 yea, 3 nay; Republicans 47 yea, 2 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 nay | became law |
| Aug 7, 2026 | H.R. 5334 An act to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation, as championed by the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham, and for other purposes. On Passage of the Bill | Yea | With majority | Bill Passed | D 36–9 · R 49–1 · I 1–1Democrats 36 yea, 9 nay; Republicans 49 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 nay | became law · party crossover |
| Jul 30, 2026 | S.Res. 817 An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. On the Resolution | Yea | With majority | Resolution Agreed to | D 0–45 · R 50–0 · I 0–2Democrats 0 yea, 45 nay; Republicans 50 yea, 0 nay; Independents 0 yea, 2 nay | close vote |
How key votes are chosen
Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.
Votes most often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Cotton most often
- Jim JusticeR861 shared votes100%
- Markwayne MullinR670 shared votes100%
- John CornynR889 shared votes100%
- Tim SheehyR879 shared votes100%
- Tim ScottR875 shared votes100%
Votes least often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Cotton least often
- Ed MarkeyD894 shared votes3.2%
- Bernie SandersI837 shared votes3.4%
- Elizabeth WarrenD887 shared votes3.5%
- Christopher MurphyD876 shared votes4.1%
- Chris Van HollenD887 shared votes4.9%
How to read the agreement lists
The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.
Full voting record
119th Congress (2025–27), loads in batches
Legislation
Cotton sponsored 97 bills in the 119th Congress; 1 became law. Cosponsored 195 others. 5.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Senate Republicans average 22%; 51st of 51).
The bills Cotton sponsored and cosponsored in the 119th Congress, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.
Bills by stage
Counts for the 119th Congress
Show the data
| Role | Introduced | In committee | Passed one chamber | Passed both chambers | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 97 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cosponsored | 195 | 189 | 39 | 3 | 3 |
How to read the blocks
Ink blocks are bills Cotton sponsored, ochre blocks bills Cotton cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.
5.1%
of sponsored bills got out of committee
Senate Republicans average 22%. Ranks 51st of 51.
Cosponsorship partners
Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Cotton, by number of shared bills in the 119th Congress; the square shows their party.
- Ted Budd52
- Marsha Blackburn47
- Rick Scott46
- Ted Cruz39
- Katie Britt38
What this means, and what it doesn’t
The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Cotton’s bills; the toggle shows more.
Bill list
Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest
| S. 5620 | UNPLUGGED Schools Grant Act of 2026 | Cosponsor | Sep 30, 2026 | In committee | Education | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Sep 30, 2026 |
| S.Res. 934 | A resolution designating October 10, 2026, as "American Girls in Sports Day". | Cosponsor | Sep 30, 2026 | In committee | Unassigned | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5267) Sep 30, 2026 |
| S.Res. 946 | A resolution designating September 30, 2026, as "National Veterans Suicide Prevention Day". | Cosponsor | Sep 30, 2026 | Passed one chamber | Armed Forces and National Security | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5299; text: CR S5272-5273) Sep 30, 2026 |
| S.Res. 923 | A resolution expressing support for the designation of October 4 through October 10, 2026, as "National 4-H Week". | Cosponsor | Sep 29, 2026 | Passed one chamber | Agriculture and Food | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5186; text: CR S5176) Sep 29, 2026 |
| S.Res. 913 | A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas. | Cosponsor | Sep 28, 2026 | Passed one chamber | Government Operations and Politics | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5064-5065; text: CR S5074-5075) Sep 28, 2026 |
Online
A site that changed 131 times in 90 days. Cotton’s official site had 40 pages when last crawled on Oct 18, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Cotton posted on Oct 23, 2026.
The lab crawls Cotton’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Cotton posts with a vision model.
Websites
- 40
pages crawled
131changes in 90 days
- 39
pages crawled
92changes in 90 days
How to read the counts
“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.
Social accounts
- XSenTomCotton
- FacebookSenatorTomCotton
- YouTubeRepTomCotton
Images Cotton posted
The latest 24, with model-written descriptions
Five adults stand together smiling for a group photo in a modern indoor lobby. They are dressed in business and casual clothing and wear name badges. There is some text on the badges and signs in the background.View post 
A group of people pose together in a conference room in front of a company banner. Some wear matching blue work shirts, and one person holds a cap. There is text on the banner.View post 
A man speaks at a podium during a chamber of commerce annual meeting, with an audience in the foreground, a flag beside the stage, and event branding on screens behind him. There is text throughout the image.View post 
Six men in business attire pose at a ribbon-cutting ceremony inside an industrial facility, standing behind a red ribbon. Large cylindrical equipment and company banners are visible around them. The image contains text.View post 
A newspaper-style graphic overlays a photo of several men at a groundbreaking ceremony, holding shovels with dirt. A large headline and quotation appear above them.View post
About the descriptions
Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
Methods and sources
How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.
The headline
The headline is the measure on which Cotton is most unusual among Senate Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.
The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.
A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).
Identifiers
- Profile id
- C001095
- Bioguide
- C001095
- FEC candidate ids
- H2AR04083, S4AR00103
Bulk files with the same data for every official:
Freshness of this profile’s data
- What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
- Roll calls (Congress)Sep 30, 202628 days agoVoteview roll calls, 113th Congress (2013) on.
- Bills (Congress)Oct 22, 20266 days agoGovInfo BILLSTATUS: sponsors, cosponsors, actions, CRS policy area.
- Campaign money (FEC)Oct 22, 20266 days agoFEC committee financial summaries (totals, small donations) and itemized contributions (donor counts, states, employers), cycles 2020-2026; aggregates only.
- Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
- WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
- ImagesOct 28, 2026todayImages in members' tweets with vision-model descriptions.
How the measures work
- What politicians say
- Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
- Extreme labels
- A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
- Policy areas and agreement
- Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
- Ideology (CSIP)
- Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
- Campaign money
- Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
- Votes and key votes
- Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
- Peers and ranks
- Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.
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