Rand Paul

Born 1963-01-07 | Republican | KY

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Ideology score (-1 = most liberal, +1 = most conservative): 117th Senate: +0.88 (more conservative than 97% of the chamber); 118th Senate: +0.88 (more conservative than 96% of the chamber); 119th Senate: +0.88 (more conservative than 96% of the chamber) What is this?

CongressChamberStatePartyVotes castMissedMissed %Party votesWith partyUnity %SponsoredBecame lawLaw %
117thSenateKYRepublican887626.571969596.76200.0
118thSenateKYRepublican662294.251649095.04700.0
119thSenateKYRepublican874414.579870488.25200.0

Key votes

VoteDateResultHow they votedMatched party majority?
Government funding law ending the 2025 shutdown (Senate)2025-11-10Bill PassedNayNo
One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Senate)2025-07-01Bill PassedNayNo
GENIUS Act (Senate)2025-06-17Bill PassedNayNo
Laken Riley Act (Senate)2025-01-20Bill PassedYeaYes
Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan security funding (Senate)2024-02-13Bill PassedNayYes
Fiscal Responsibility Act (Senate)2023-06-01Bill PassedNayYes
Respect for Marriage Act (Senate)2022-11-29Bill PassedNayYes
Inflation Reduction Act (Senate)2022-08-07Bill PassedNayYes
Honoring our PACT Act (Senate)2022-06-16Bill PassedNayNo
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Senate)2021-08-10Bill PassedNayYes
American Rescue Plan Act (Senate)2021-03-06Bill PassedNayYes

About these votes

Voting patterns

CongressChamberAgainst both parties% of votes where parties agreedWith winning side %Close votesVoted onMissed
117thSenate9859.418.430029010
118thSenate9063.415.51911874
119thSenate4461.183.935934117

Votes most like theirs (119th Congress, Senate)

MemberPartyStateAgreement
Rick ScottRFL87.5%
Ron JohnsonRWI86.6%
Mike LeeRUT86.5%
Ted CruzRTX86.0%
Tommy TubervilleRAL85.6%

Votes least like theirs (119th Congress, Senate)

MemberPartyStateAgreement
Mazie K. HironoDHI13.7%
Patty MurrayDWA13.7%
Catherine Cortez MastoDNV13.8%
Tina SmithDMN14.0%
Jeff MerkleyDOR14.0%

Against both parties counts votes where the Democratic and Republican majorities took the same side and the member voted the other way. With winning side counts votes that matched the final outcome. A close vote is a roll call decided by 5 votes or fewer; absences can have many causes. Agreement is the share of votes both members cast on which they voted the same way (at least 100 shared votes). Independents who caucus with a party count as part of it, and delegates are left out of the party tallies. Counts cover members in this site's data and may differ slightly from official tallies.

Cosponsorship

CongressCosponsoredAcross partyAcross %Avg cosponsors on own billsOwn bills with other-party cosponsorShare %
117th1093027.52.8711.3
118th752533.33.1817.0
119th582644.82.1815.4

Cosponsorship counts bills and joint resolutions only. A cosponsorship is across party lines when the cosponsor and the bill's sponsor are in different parties; independents who caucus with a party count as part of it, and members outside both caucuses are left out of the percentages. Totals can differ slightly from Congress.gov because of withdrawn cosponsors. The 119th Congress is still in progress.

A party vote is a roll call where the Democratic and Republican majorities took opposite sides. Unity % is how often the member sided with their own party's majority on those votes. Sponsored counts bills and joint resolutions only. Became law means the bill itself was enacted; bills whose text was folded into other legislation are not counted. The 119th Congress is still in progress.

In the news

Senate adopts Iran war powers resolution 50-48

CNN (via KRDO) | Jun 23, 2026 | Members: Susan M. Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Bill Cassidy, Rand Paul, John Fetterman, Mitch McConnell, Gregory W. Meeks

The Senate approved a House-passed resolution directing the president to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran. Republican Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Bill Cassidy and Rand Paul joined Democrats, while Democratic Sen. John Fetterman voted no, and Republican absences helped it pass. The White House said a concurrent resolution has no force of law, while its House sponsor, Rep. Gregory Meeks, says it is binding.

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