U.S. Senator from Nevada
Catherine Cortez Masto
Democrat · Nevada
First Latina elected to U.S. Senate (2016). Former Nevada Attorney General. Focus on immigration, tribal nations, housing, and clean energy.
Record
Progressive Democrat. First Latina senator. Former AG with focus on consumer protection and human trafficking prosecution. Champions tribal sovereignty and Nevada's gaming and tourism economy.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)
- S.5192 — A bill to assist trafficking survivors who lack government issued identification in accessing air travel, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- S.5138 — A bill to protect immigrant families, combat fraud, promote citizenship, and build community trust, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
- S.5111 — Strengthening EFIN Confirmation for User Reliability and Electronic (SECURE) Tax Filing Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.4901 — Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
- S.4808 — Privately Insured Credit Unions Conversion Modernization Act (Introduced, Jun 17, 2026)
- S.4701 — Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 8, 2026)
- S.4534 — Microbusiness Support Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
- S.4532 — Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act This bill includes smoke within the definition of a disaster for the purpose of providing economic injury disaster loans to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, and most private nonprofit organizations.
Notable votes
- Voted Nay on S.Res. 817 — S. Res. 817 (Resolution Agreed to, Jul 30, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S.Res. 817 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. Res. 817 (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jul 29, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R. 6644 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644 with an Amendment (SA 5823) (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jun 18, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — S. 2, As Amended (Bill Passed, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Yea on S. 2 — Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 5463 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Yea on S. 2 — Padilla Amdt. No. 5808 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Yea on S. 2 — Gallego Amdt. No. 5813 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Yea on S. 2 — Peters Amdt. No. 5763 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- S.4942 — SAFE Banking Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 28, 2026)
- S.5108 — A bill to protect and expand nationwide access to assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.5132 — A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to allow for dual enrollment in the supplemental nutrition assistance program and the food distribution program on Indian reservations. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.5127 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain compensation to clinical trial participants, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.4144 — ESCRA Act (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
- S.4814 — A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status. (Introduced, Jul 13, 2026)
- S.4878 — Reproductive Health Care Training Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 13, 2026)
- S.4920 — SAFER Health Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
Voting analysis
Catherine Cortez Masto ranks among the Senate Democrats most likely to leave the caucus position, yet within her own state delegation she is the steadier of the two. Nevada's internal average is raised by her colleague, not by her.
Among the 2 Democrats in the Nevada delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 9.7%. Catherine Cortez Masto is below that average at 9.5%.
Crossing on appropriations
Her departures run toward the Republican side on funding measures. On one bill she voted for cloture, for a Republican senator's amendment, for cloture on that amendment and for passage, while most Democrats opposed at each stage. She supported a second bill on the same basis.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 7148 H.R. 7148, as Amended On Passage of the Bill H.R. 7148 · roll call 119 | Jan 30, 2026 | Bill Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 5371 H.R. 5371, As Amended On Passage of the Bill H.R. 5371 · roll call 119 | Nov 10, 2025 | Bill Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 5371 Motion to Invoke Cloture: H.R. 5371, As Amended On the Cloture Motion H.R. 5371 · roll call 119 | Nov 10, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 5371 Collins Amdt. No. 3937 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3937 to H.R. 5371 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Nov 10, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 5371 Motion to Invoke Cloture: Collins Amdt. No. 3937 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3937 to H.R. 5371 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Nov 10, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 5371 Upon Reconsideration, H.R. 5371 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 5371 · roll call 119 | Sep 30, 2025 | Bill Defeated | Yea (party: Nay) |
| S. 1582 S. 1582, As Amended On Passage of the Bill S. 1582 · roll call 119 | Jun 17, 2025 | Bill Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| S. 1582 Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. 1582 On the Cloture Motion S. 1582 · roll call 119 | Jun 12, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | Yea (party: Nay) |
| S. 1582 Amdt. No. 2307 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2307 to S. 1582 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Jun 12, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | Yea (party: Nay) |
| S. 1582 Motion to Invoke Cloture: Amdt. No. 2307 to S. 1582 On the Cloture Motion S. 1582 · roll call 119 | Jun 11, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | Yea (party: Nay) |
Attendance
She is absent from recorded votes more often than most senators. The measure describes participation only and implies nothing about cause.
Committee roles and filings
She is ranking member on a banking subcommittee covering financial institutions and consumer protection, and on an energy subcommittee for public lands, forests and mining — a pairing that maps onto Nevada's mining economy. Her bills include assistance for trafficking survivors without government identification in accessing air travel, a measure on immigrant families and citizenship, and a tax filing security act.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Catherine Cortez Masto's cluster into: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (1), Commerce (1), Crime and Law Enforcement (1), Finance and Financial Sector (1).
Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure
Cortez Masto occupies the Senate's middle tenure band, under the party label she arrived with.
First elected in 2017, now serving across 5 terms. Catherine Cortez Masto falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Catherine Cortez Masto has 701 bills sponsored, 2308 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection (Ranking Member)
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: National Security and International Trade and Finance
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Securities, Insurance, and Investment
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Energy
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Public Lands, Forests, and Mining (Ranking Member)
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Water and Power
- Senate Committee on Finance: Health Care
- Senate Committee on Finance: International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
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