U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin
Businessman elected in 2010. Chaired Senate Homeland Security Committee. Known for skepticism of COVID-19 vaccines and election security questions.
Record
Staunch conservative. Consistent vote against spending increases. Led controversial COVID-19 vaccine hearings. Objected to certifying 2020 election results in some states.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)
- S.4698 — Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act (Introduced, Jun 8, 2026)
- S.3710 — SOAR Permanent Authorization Act (Introduced, Jan 28, 2026)
- S.3168 — Shutdown Fairness Act (Introduced, Nov 9, 2025)
- S.3027 — Interstate Commerce Simplification Act of 2025 (Introduced, Oct 22, 2025)
Interstate Commerce Simplification Act of 2025 This bill expands the definition of solicitation of orders to include business activities that serve an independently valuable business function apart from the solicitation of orders for purposes of the limitation on a state’s authority to impose a net… - S.3012 — Shutdown Fairness Act (Introduced, Oct 15, 2025)
Shutdown Fairness Act This bill provides appropriations to pay federal employees who work during a government shutdown. Specifically, the bill provides appropriations for federal agencies to provide standard rates of pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other payments to excepted… - S.3001 — Shutdown Fairness Act (Introduced, Oct 9, 2025)
Shutdown Fairness Act This bill provides appropriations to pay federal employees who work during a government shutdown. Specifically, the bill provides appropriations for federal agencies to provide pay and allowances to excepted employees who are required to work during any period in which interim… - S.2806 — Eliminate Shutdowns Act (Introduced, Sep 15, 2025)
Eliminate Shutdowns Act This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if the appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted before the fiscal year begins and continuing appropriations are not in effect. Specifically, the bill provides appropriations at… - S.2641 — Health Care Freedom and Choice Act (Introduced, Aug 1, 2025)
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 Nay 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.4978 — Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 14, 2026)
- S.4009 — Falun Gong and Victims of Forced Organ Harvesting Protection Act (Introduced, Jul 13, 2026)
- S.4477 — Davis-Bacon Repeal Act (Introduced, Apr 30, 2026)
- S.3788 — CLEAR LABELS Act (Introduced, Feb 5, 2026)
- S.3752 — SAVE America Act (Introduced, Feb 4, 2026)
- S.3713 — No Climate Treaties Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jan 28, 2026)
- S.3481 — SAFER SKIES Act (Introduced, Dec 15, 2025)
- S.2947 — Pray Safe Act of 2025 (Introduced, Sep 30, 2025)
Voting analysis
Ron Johnson is the only Republican Wisconsin sends to the Senate, so there is no state party cohort to compare him against. What can be said is that he votes against his conference more often than the large majority of its members, while holding two subcommittee gavels.
Objecting through the schedule
Like several of the Senate's more persistent dissenters, his departures cluster on procedural questions rather than final passage alone. On one bill he opposed cloture on the measure, cloture on an amendment, the amendment itself, and the bill — recording the same objection at every available stage. He took the same approach to other vehicles, and supported a colleague's budget amendment the majority turned down.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) On the Cloture Motion H.R. 6644 · roll call 119 | Jun 18, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | Nay (party: Yea) |
| S.Con.Res. 33 Paul Amdt. No. 5378 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5378 to S.Con.Res. 33 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Apr 23, 2026 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 6644 H.R. 6644, as amended On Passage of the Bill H.R. 6644 · roll call 119 | Mar 12, 2026 | Bill Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R. 6644 Motion to Invoke Cloture: H.R. 6644 as amended On the Cloture Motion H.R. 6644 · roll call 119 | Mar 11, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R. 6644 Scott (SC) Amdt. No. 4308, as amended On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4308 to H.R. 6644 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Mar 11, 2026 | Amendment Agreed to | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R. 6644 Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Amdt. No. 4308 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 4308 to H.R. 6644 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Mar 10, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R. 7148 H.R. 7148, as Amended On Passage of the Bill H.R. 7148 · roll call 119 | Jan 30, 2026 | Bill Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R. 6938 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 6938 · roll call 119 | Jan 15, 2026 | Bill Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R. 6938 Motion to Invoke Cloture: H.R. 6938 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 6938 · roll call 119 | Jan 15, 2026 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R. 3944 Mullin Amdt. No. 3412 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3412 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | Nay (party: Yea) |
Committee roles and filings
He chairs the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and a finance subcommittee on fiscal responsibility and economic growth — an investigative platform paired with a budget one. His bills include the Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act, the SOAR Permanent Authorization Act, the Shutdown Fairness Act and an interstate commerce simplification measure. The classified sample is small enough that the subject ordering below should not be read as a portrait of his priorities.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Ron Johnson's cluster into: Health (2), Economics and Public Finance (1), Education (1).
Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure and attendance
Johnson has served since the beginning of the twenty-tens, placing him among the chamber's veterans, and has not changed party. His attendance record is strong.
First elected in 2011, now serving across 8 terms. Ron Johnson falls in the veteran cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Ron Johnson has 609 bills sponsored, 1334 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Senate Committee on the Budget
- Senate Special Committee on Aging
- Senate Committee on Finance: Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth (Chairman)
- Senate Committee on Finance: Health Care
- Senate Committee on Finance: Taxation and IRS Oversight
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chairman)
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