U.S. Senator from Kansas
Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas
Former House member, serving in Senate since 2011. Former VA Committee chair. Focus on veterans' healthcare, agriculture, rural development, and aviation.
Record
Conservative Republican with strong focus on veterans' care reform. Authored VA MISSION Act improving veterans' healthcare choice. Focus on rural broadband and aviation infrastructure.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)
- S.5164 — A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make improvements relating to the designation of rural emergency hospitals. (Introduced, Jul 29, 2026)
- S.4993 — POPCaP Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 15, 2026)
- S.4801 — Duty Status Reform Act (Introduced, Jun 16, 2026)
- S.4744 — Take Care of America’s Veterans Act (Introduced, Jun 10, 2026)
- S.4498 — ABLE Tomorrow Act (Introduced, May 12, 2026)
- S.4487 — Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 11, 2026)
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2026 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase the amounts payable for wartime disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency… - S.4400 — Optimizing the VA Workforce for Veterans Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 27, 2026)
- S.4349 — Parents Over Platforms Act (Introduced, Apr 20, 2026)
Notable votes
- Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — S. Res. 817 (Resolution Agreed to, Jul 30, 2026)
- Voted Yea 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 Yea on S. 2 — S. 2, As Amended (Bill Passed, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 5463 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Padilla Amdt. No. 5808 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Gallego Amdt. No. 5813 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Peters Amdt. No. 5763 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 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.4395 — Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 29, 2026)
- S.5123 — Lunar Landing Day Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.5025 — Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
- S.5004 — Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 15, 2026)
- S.4962 — Securing America's Water Supply Act (Introduced, Jul 14, 2026)
- S.3940 — Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
- S.4909 — Artemis II Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
Voting analysis
Jerry Moran chairs the Veterans' Affairs Committee and an appropriations subcommittee covering commerce, justice and science. Both jurisdictions show plainly in what he files; neither explains his defection record, which is built almost entirely of amendment votes.
Declining his colleagues' amendments
He voted against amendments offered by three separate Republican senators, each of which the chamber rejected, and supported one from a Democrat that also failed. Like several senior appropriators here, he appears in this ranking for refusing his own side's proposed changes rather than for pushing his own.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 7148 Paul Amdt. No. 4272 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4272 to H.R. 7148 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Jan 30, 2026 | Amendment Rejected | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R. 1 Warner Amdt. No. 2847 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2847 to S.Amdt. 2360 to H.R. 1 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Jul 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 1968 Paul Amdt. No. 1266 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1266 to H.R. 1968 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Mar 14, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R. 82 Crapo Amdt. No. 3331 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3331 to H.R. 82 (No short title on file) · roll call 118 | Dec 20, 2024 | Amendment Rejected | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R. 82 Cruz Amdt. No. 3360 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3360 to H.R. 82 (No short title on file) · roll call 118 | Dec 20, 2024 | Amendment Rejected | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R. 4366 Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 4366 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 4366 · roll call 118 | Mar 8, 2024 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | Yea (party: Nay) |
| S. 3853 On Passage of the Bill S. 3853 · roll call 118 | Mar 7, 2024 | Bill Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 815 H.R. 815, as Amended On Passage of the Bill H.R. 815 · roll call 118 | Feb 13, 2024 | Bill Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 815 Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: H.R. 815 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 815 · roll call 118 | Feb 12, 2024 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 815 Murray Amdt. No. 1388 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1388 to H.R. 815 (No short title on file) · roll call 118 | Feb 12, 2024 | Amendment Agreed to | Yea (party: Nay) |
The steadier of the Kansas pair
Kansas returns two Republicans to the Senate, and Moran departs from the conference less often than his colleague.
Among the 2 Republicans in the Kansas delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 6.5%. Jerry Moran is below that average at 6.2%.
What he legislates on
Armed forces leads his classified bills, consistent with the veterans gavel. The filings include improvements to the designation of rural emergency hospitals under Medicare and Medicaid, the Take Care of America's Veterans Act, the Duty Status Reform Act, the POPCaP Act and the ABLE Tomorrow Act — a rural health and veterans portfolio with little else in it.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Jerry Moran's cluster into: Armed Forces and National Security (4), Commerce (1), Taxation (1).
Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure and attendance
Moran's congressional service spans both chambers and stretches back to the late nineteen-nineties, placing him well inside the veteran cohort under one party label. His absences are modest.
First elected in 1997, now serving across 15 terms. Jerry Moran falls in the veteran cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Jerry Moran has 783 bills sponsored, 3849 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Chairman)
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
- Senate Committee on Appropriations: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Senate Committee on Appropriations: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (Chairman)
- Senate Committee on Appropriations: Department of Defense
- Senate Committee on Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
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