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U.S. Senator from Alabama

Tommy Tuberville

Republican · Alabama

Former college football coach, elected to Senate in 2020. Serves on Armed Services and Agriculture committees.

Record

Highly conservative. Notably blocked hundreds of military promotions in 2023-2024 over Pentagon abortion policy. Supports strong border security and lower taxes.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)

  • S.4978 — Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 14, 2026)
  • S.4974 — Making America's Food Safer Act (Introduced, Jul 14, 2026)
  • S.4692 — Homeopathic Drug Product Safety, Quality, and Transparency Act (Introduced, Jun 4, 2026)
  • S.4546 — ASSIMILATION Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
  • S.4365 — FAFSA Verification Efficiency Act (Introduced, Apr 21, 2026)
  • S.4177 — Student Athlete Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 24, 2026)
  • S.3936 — USDA Loan Modernization Act (Introduced, Feb 26, 2026)
  • S.3121 — UBER Act (Introduced, Nov 6, 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.5202 — A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for gender transition for minors. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
  • S.3267 — ASAP Act (Introduced, Jul 29, 2026)
  • 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.5152 — A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to modify the Federal charter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution to clarify its membership eligibility requirements, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 28, 2026)
  • S.5128 — A bill to prohibit the award of Federal education funds to educational institutions and agencies that do not allow for religious exemptions to vaccination requirements, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • S.5069 — Coast Guard Leadership Modernization Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • S.5025 — Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
  • S.2265 — America's Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act (Introduced, Jul 15, 2026)

Voting analysis

Tommy Tuberville chairs an armed services subcommittee on personnel and an education subcommittee, and votes against his conference more often than most of its members. His departures split cleanly between blocking one bill and backing colleagues' failed amendments.

10.7%
Votes against the Republican majority
214
Roll calls where a party majority formed
12 of 51
Rank among Senate Republicans, most defections first

One bill opposed at every turn

Against a single measure he voted no on cloture, no on passage, and no on a further cloture motion covering an amendment — a sustained refusal rather than a single objection. Elsewhere he supported amendments from two colleagues that the majority declined to adopt.

The 10 most recent of 23 roll calls where Tommy Tuberville voted against the Senate Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir 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, 2026Cloture Motion Agreed toNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 6644
H.R. 6644, as amended
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 6644 · roll call 119		Mar 12, 2026Bill PassedNay (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, 2026Cloture Motion Agreed toNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 3944
Kennedy Amdt. No. 3414
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3414 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Aug 1, 2025Amendment RejectedYea (party: Nay)
H.R. 1
Lee Amdt. No. 2745
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2745 to S.Amdt. 2360 to H.R. 1 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Jul 1, 2025Amendment RejectedYea (party: Nay)
S.Con.Res. 7
Paul Amdt No. 999
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 999 to S.Con.Res. 7 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Feb 21, 2025Amendment RejectedYea (party: Nay)
H.R. 82
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 82 · roll call 118		Dec 21, 2024Bill PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 9747
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 9747 · roll call 118		Sep 25, 2024Bill PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 815
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amdt to the Senate Amdt to H.R. 815
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 815 · roll call 118		Apr 23, 2024Cloture Motion Agreed toNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 7888
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 7888 · roll call 118		Apr 19, 2024Bill PassedNay (party: Yea)

Both Alabama seats

Alabama's two Senate seats are both Republican-held, so this compares him against one colleague. He is the more frequent defector.

Among the 2 Republicans in the Alabama delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 7.5%. Tommy Tuberville is above that average at 10.7%.

What he legislates on

His subcommittee gavels cover military personnel and education, and his bills touch neither directly. Recent filings include the Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act, the Making America's Food Safer Act, a homeopathic drug product safety and transparency measure, the ASSIMILATION Act and a bill on verification efficiency in federal student aid applications. The classified sample is too small to rank subjects meaningfully.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Tommy Tuberville's cluster into: Health (2), Agriculture and Food (1), Education (1), Government Operations and Politics (1), Immigration (1), Sports and Recreation (1).

313
Bills sponsored
692
Bills cosponsored

Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.

Tenure and attendance

Tuberville entered the Senate at the start of this decade and sits in its middle tenure band, under one party label. His attendance is solid.

First elected in 2021, now serving across 3 terms. Tommy Tuberville falls in the mid cohort.

2.7%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
6
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Tommy Tuberville has 313 bills sponsored, 692 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • Senate Special Committee on Aging
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services: Personnel (Chairman)
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services: Seapower
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services: Strategic Forces
  • Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Education and the American Family (Chairman)

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