Politician
United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
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Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Advocates for balancing the federal budget, opposes deficit-increasing spending bills from both parties, and has proposed a 'penny plan' to cut spending across the board.
🗳 Yea on S2 (2026-06-05)🗳 Yea on SCONRES33 (2026-04-23)🗳 Nay on SCONRES33 (2026-04-23)
Has supported comprehensive immigration reform including a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants contingent on border security, while opposing mandatory E-Verify expansion.
Advocates cutting foreign aid and reducing spending such as Export-Import Bank lending, framing these as part of broader fiscal restraint and a 'Peace through Strength' foreign policy.
🗳 Yea on SJRES181 (2026-07-30)🗳 Yea on SCONRES33 (2026-04-23)
Identifies as 100% pro-life, believes life begins at conception, and supports government protection of that life as a constitutional right.
Supports lowering taxes, arguing burdensome taxes hurt small businesses and the broader economy.
Supports expanding domestic energy production to reduce reliance on foreign imports and enhance national and economic security.
Supports legislation to audit the Federal Reserve to increase its accountability to Congress.
Supports strong protection of Second Amendment gun rights.
S. 2113 — End the Fed’s Big Bank Bailout Act
