James M. Inhofe
Former senator for Oklahoma · Republican; served until January 3, 2023
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Seats held: Senator for OK, 1994–2023 · Representative for OK-1, 1987–1994.
Oklahoma has about 4.1 million residents, represented by two senators.
Votes compared with what constituents said
- Cooperative Election Study: voted with 24 of 52 surveyed votes where Oklahoma's estimated majority was clear.
- Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape: on these votes, Oklahoma's estimated opinion was too close to call.
| Survey question | Vote | How they voted | What constituents said | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recognize same-sex and interracial marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (53.8% support, likely 48.4–59.2%) | Too close to call |
| Require all federal agencies to recognize same-sex marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (57.4% support, likely 51.1–63.7%) | Against the majority |
| Clean-energy tax credits, lower ACA premiums and Medicare drug price negotiation (Inflation Reduction Act) | August 7, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (65.5% support, likely 60.9–70.1%) | Against the majority |
| $52 billion for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research (CHIPS and Science Act) | July 27, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (58.4% support, likely 53.6–63.1%) | Against the majority |
| Increase spending on mental health and school safety, and tighten gun background checks for buyers under 21 (Bipartisan Safer Communities Act) | June 23, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (81.2% support, likely 75.6–86.7%) | Against the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (second wording) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (60.8% support, likely 54.6–67%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (63.8% support, likely 57.5–70%) | Against the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (58.4% support, likely 53.7–63.2%) | Against the majority |
| Appoint Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (45.6% support, likely 40.6–50.6%) | Too close to call |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (81.3% support, likely 75.9–86.7%) | Against the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (82.1% support, likely 78.2–86%) | Against the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (76.6% support, likely 71.1–82.1%) | Against the majority |
| Increase federal spending on high-tech research and development (U.S. Innovation and Competition Act) | June 8, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (57.6% support, likely 51.7–63.6%) | Against the majority |
| Establish a commission to investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol | May 28, 2021 · official record | Did not vote | Too close to call (54.8% support, likely 48.8–60.8%) | Didn't vote |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (57.8% support, likely 53–62.5%) | Against the majority |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (58.9% support, likely 52.9–64.9%) | Against the majority |
| Impeach and convict President Trump (January 2021) | February 13, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (49.7% support, likely 39.2–60.1%) | Too close to call |
| CARES Act ($2 trillion in coronavirus relief, March 2020) | March 25, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (87.8% support, likely 84.2–91.4%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for obstruction of Congress | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (39.8% support, likely 34.4–45.2%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for abuse of power | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (39.3% support, likely 33.9–44.7%) | With the majority |
| Build a wall on the southern border | March 14, 2019 · official record | Nay (for the proposal) | Too close to call (51.4% support, likely 49.1–53.6%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (52.5% support, likely 47.5–57.5%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (54.2% support, likely 47.4–61%) | Too close to call |
| Appoint Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (57.1% support, likely 51.9–62.4%) | With the majority |
| Repeal only the Affordable Care Act's requirement that everyone have health insurance | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (47.3% support, likely 42.4–52.3%) | Related bill, not counted |
| The 2017 tax bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (65.7% support, likely 60.9–70.5%) | With the majority |
| Impose sanctions on countries and firms doing business with North Korea | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (76.8% support, likely 72.5–81.1%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Require the President to get Congress's approval to ease sanctions on Russia | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (65.6% support, likely 60.8–70.4%) | With the majority |
| Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea) | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (81.7% support, likely 75.8–87.5%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (52.1% support, likely 46.8–57.3%) | Too close to call |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.1% support, likely 46.3–60%) | Too close to call |
| Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (government funding through September 2017) | May 4, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (66.7% support, likely 59.9–73.5%) | With the majority |
| Appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.9% support, likely 49–58.9%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (56.7% support, likely 49.9–63.5%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education | February 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (51% support, likely 44.1–57.9%) | Too close to call |
| Education reform (Every Student Succeeds Act, replacing No Child Left Behind) | December 9, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (78.3% support, likely 74–82.5%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (66.7% support, likely 61.9–71.5%) | With the majority |
| Highway and transportation funding (FAST Act) | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (81.9% support, likely 77.9–85.9%) | With the majority |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (52.1% support, likely 47.1–57%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (56.1% support, likely 48.8–63.3%) | Related bill, not counted |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (74.1% support, likely 67.5–80.8%) | With the majority |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (65.4% support, likely 57.4–73.3%) | With the majority |
| Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (change how Medicare pays doctors) | April 14, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62.8% support, likely 57.9–67.6%) | With the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | January 29, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62.4% support, likely 55.5–69.3%) | With the majority |
| Raise the debt ceiling | February 12, 2014 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (37.1% support, likely 31.7–42.4%) | With the majority |
| Agriculture bill (farm programs and food stamps, 2014 Farm Bill) | February 4, 2014 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (58.1% support, likely 52.6–63.6%) | Against the majority |
| Let states collect sales tax on online purchases from out-of-state sellers (Marketplace Fairness Act) | May 6, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (40.9% support, likely 33.9–47.8%) | With the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (86.4% support, likely 80.5–92.4%) | Against the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (92.9% support, likely 88.1–97.6%) | Against the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (64.9% support, likely 59.9–69.8%) | Against the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (49.9% support, likely 44.4–55.5%) | Too close to call |
| Ryan budget plan (House budget resolution for 2013) | May 16, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (17.8% support, likely 13.6–21.9%) | Against the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | March 8, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (82.1% support, likely 77.9–86.2%) | With the majority |
| Let employers and insurers refuse to cover birth control for religious or moral reasons (Blunt amendment) | March 1, 2012 · official record | Nay (for the proposal) | Too close to call (47.1% support, likely 41.9–52.2%) | Too close to call |
| U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement | October 12, 2011 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (54% support, likely 48.9–59.1%) | Too close to call |
| End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) | December 18, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (61.5% support, likely 54.9–68.1%) | Against the majority |
| End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) | December 18, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (59.3% support, likely 54–64.6%) | Against the majority |
| Confirm Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court | August 5, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (42.3% support, likely 36.9–47.6%) | With the majority |
| Financial reform (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) | July 15, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (68% support, likely 62.7–73.2%) | Against the majority |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (48.4% support, likely 41.8–55%) | Too close to call |
| Affordable Care Act of 2010 | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (49.1% support, likely 43.7–54.5%) | Too close to call |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (45% support, likely 39.5–50.5%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court | August 6, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (49.5% support, likely 43.3–55.8%) | Too close to call |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (47.9% support, likely 41.7–54.2%) | Too close to call |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (51.5% support, likely 44.9–58.1%) | Too close to call |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (47.4% support, likely 42–52.8%) | Too close to call |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (78.7% support, likely 73.3–84.2%) | Against the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (71.8% support, likely 63.6–79.9%) | Against the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (70% support, likely 64.9–75.1%) | Against the majority |
| Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (more time to sue over pay discrimination) | January 22, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (65.9% support, likely 59.8–71.9%) | Against the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (26.6% support, likely 18.8–34.4%) | With the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (29.1% support, likely 20.8–37.4%) | With the majority |
| The $700 billion bank bailout (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (20.7% support, likely 16.2–25.3%) | With the majority |
| Federal help for homeowners facing foreclosure (Housing and Economic Recovery Act) | July 26, 2008 · official record | Did not vote | Too close to call (46.7% support, likely 41.3–52.1%) | Didn't vote |
| Allow eavesdropping on overseas terrorist suspects without a court order (FISA Amendments Act) | July 9, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (72.9% support, likely 66.7–79.1%) | With the majority |
| Allow eavesdropping on overseas communications without a court order (FISA Amendments Act) | July 9, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (76.2% support, likely 71.7–80.7%) | With the majority |
| Extend NAFTA-style free trade to Peru (U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement) | December 4, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (46.1% support, likely 40.5–51.8%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) | September 27, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (67.4% support, likely 62.3–72.5%) | Against the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (64.5% support, likely 58–71%) | Against the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (62.8% support, likely 57.5–68%) | Against the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (56.6% support, likely 51–62.1%) | Against the majority |
| Raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour (Fair Minimum Wage Act) | February 1, 2007 · official record | Did not vote | Most support (75.5% support, likely 70.9–80.1%) | Didn't vote |
Attendance
In the 117th Congress, James M. Inhofe missed 101 of 949 Senate votes (10.6%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 95.3% of the time.