U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
Jack Reed
Democrat · Rhode Island
West Point graduate and Army Ranger, serving since 1997. Former Armed Services Committee chair. One of the most respected senators on defense and military policy.
Record
Moderate-progressive Democrat with strong defense credentials. West Point education and Army Ranger service inform nuanced defense and national security positions. Champion of affordable housing (Section 8 program) and education.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)
- S.J.Res.203 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency relating to "Preemption Determination: State Interest-on-Escrow Laws". (Introduced, Jul 29, 2026)
- S.5018 — Disaster Relief Fairness Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
- S.4611 — Job Corps Shipbuilding-Defense Industrial Base Pipeline Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 20, 2026)
- S.4350 — Southeast New England Program Authorization Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 21, 2026)
- S.J.Res.134 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Use of Digital User Accounts to Access Buy Now, Pay Later Loans". (Introduced, Mar 18, 2026)
- S.J.Res.132 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Examinations for Risks to Active-Duty Servicemembers and Their Covered Dependents". (Introduced, Mar 18, 2026)
- S.2355 — Crypto-Asset National Security Enhancement and Enforcement Act of 2023 (Introduced, Jul 18, 2023)
- S.1181 — Bank Management Accountability Act (Introduced, Apr 18, 2023)
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.3940 — Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- S.5190 — A bill to prohibit forced arbitration in work disputes, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- S.5186 — A bill to eliminate asset limits employed by certain federally funded means-tested public assistance programs, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- S.1829 — STOP CSAM Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 28, 2026)
- S.2006 — Fit to Serve Act (Introduced, Jul 28, 2026)
- S.3524 — American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
- S.5108 — A bill to protect and expand nationwide access to assisted reproductive technology, including in vitro fertilization. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.1289 — 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
Voting analysis
Jack Reed did not miss a vote, and departed from his caucus once. Of every Democratic senator measured here, none held the party position more consistently.
The one exception
It was an amendment offered from within his own caucus, on a surveillance reauthorisation, which he voted down while most Democrats supported it. A single vote against a colleague's amendment is the entire distance between him and his party across the period.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 7888 Durbin Amdt No. 1841 as Modified On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1841 to H.R. 7888 (No short title on file) · roll call 118 | Apr 19, 2024 | Amendment Rejected | Nay (party: Yea) |
Both Rhode Island seats
Rhode Island's two Democratic senators produce one of the lowest state averages on the site, and Reed is the lower of the two. The comparison is real but the quantities involved are tiny.
Among the 2 Democrats in the Rhode Island delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 0.7%. Jack Reed is below that average at 0.5%.
Committee standing and filings
He is ranking member of the armed services committee, sits ex officio on two of its subcommittees and on the intelligence committee, and is ranking member of a financial services appropriations subcommittee. Defence is the reputation; finance is what his classified filings actually lead with — a disapproval resolution on a preemption determination affecting state interest-on-escrow laws, bank management accountability, disaster relief fairness, national security enforcement around crypto assets, and a shipbuilding workforce pipeline.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Jack Reed's cluster into: Finance and Financial Sector (4), Emergency Management (1), Environmental Protection (1), Labor and Employment (1).
Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure
His congressional service began in the House at the start of the nineteen-nineties and moved to the Senate six years later, without a change of party.
First elected in 1991, now serving across 18 terms. Jack Reed falls in the veteran cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Jack Reed has 1287 bills sponsored, 5003 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Senate Committee on Armed Services (Ranking Member)
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (Ex Officio)
- Senate Committee on Appropriations: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Senate Committee on Appropriations: Department of Defense
- Senate Committee on Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
- Senate Committee on Appropriations: Financial Services and General Government (Ranking Member)
- Senate Committee on Appropriations: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Senate Committee on Appropriations: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- Senate Committee on Armed Services: Airland (Ex Officio)
- Senate Committee on Armed Services: Cybersecurity (Ex Officio)
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