Lamar Alexander
Former senator for Tennessee · Republican; served until January 3, 2021
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Seats held: Senator for TN, 2003–2021.
Tennessee has about 7.3 million residents, represented by two senators.
Votes compared with what constituents said
- Cooperative Election Study: voted with 34 of 47 surveyed votes where Tennessee's estimated majority was clear.
- Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape: only related votes, which aren't counted.
| Survey question | Vote | How they voted | What constituents said | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARES Act ($2 trillion in coronavirus relief, March 2020) | March 25, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (90.2% support, likely 88–92.4%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for obstruction of Congress | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (39.7% support, likely 36.1–43.3%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for abuse of power | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (39.7% support, likely 36.1–43.3%) | With the majority |
| Build a wall on the southern border | March 14, 2019 · official record | Yea (against the proposal) | Too close to call (51.1% support, likely 49.5–52.7%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (53.7% support, likely 50.2–57.3%) | With the majority |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (51.7% support, likely 45.8–57.7%) | Too close to call |
| Appoint Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (55.8% support, likely 52.3–59.3%) | 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) | Most oppose (45.2% support, likely 41.8–48.6%) | Related bill, not counted |
| The 2017 tax bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (66.3% support, likely 63.1–69.6%) | 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 (74.2% support, likely 71.2–77.3%) | 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 (65.4% support, likely 62.1–68.6%) | 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 (76.2% support, likely 70.7–81.8%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (54.9% support, likely 51.4–58.4%) | Against the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (52.9% support, likely 46.7–59%) | 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 (65.5% support, likely 59.5–71.6%) | With the majority |
| Appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.2% support, likely 49.8–56.6%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.3% support, likely 47.2–59.4%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education | February 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (42.6% support, likely 36.5–48.7%) | Against the majority |
| Education reform (Every Student Succeeds Act, replacing No Child Left Behind) | December 9, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (80.6% support, likely 77.4–83.8%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (64.7% support, likely 60.9–68.5%) | With the majority |
| Highway and transportation funding (FAST Act) | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (83.2% support, likely 80.1–86.2%) | With the majority |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (49.8% support, likely 45.9–53.7%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (64.7% support, likely 58.7–70.8%) | Related bill, not counted |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (74.6% support, likely 69–80.1%) | With the majority |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (68% support, likely 60.6–75.3%) | 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 (66.5% support, likely 62.8–70.2%) | With the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | January 29, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (63% support, likely 56.9–69.1%) | With the majority |
| Raise the debt ceiling | February 12, 2014 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (41.6% support, likely 37.5–45.7%) | With the majority |
| Agriculture bill (farm programs and food stamps, 2014 Farm Bill) | February 4, 2014 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (58.5% support, likely 54.4–62.7%) | With the majority |
| Let states collect sales tax on online purchases from out-of-state sellers (Marketplace Fairness Act) | May 6, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (44.6% support, likely 38.5–50.7%) | Too close to call |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (91.3% support, likely 87.4–95.3%) | With the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (92.8% support, likely 88.9–96.6%) | With 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 (57.6% support, likely 53.3–61.8%) | 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) | Most oppose (45.7% support, likely 41.5–49.9%) | With the majority |
| Ryan budget plan (House budget resolution for 2013) | May 16, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (17% support, likely 13.7–20.3%) | Against the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | March 8, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (77.5% support, likely 73.8–81.3%) | 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) | Most oppose (40.6% support, likely 36.4–44.8%) | Against the majority |
| U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement | October 12, 2011 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (49% support, likely 44.8–53.3%) | 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 (60.6% support, likely 54.8–66.4%) | 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 (63.4% support, likely 59.1–67.6%) | Against the majority |
| Confirm Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court | August 5, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (45.1% support, likely 40.7–49.6%) | 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 (67.2% support, likely 62.9–71.4%) | Against the majority |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (51.5% support, likely 45.6–57.4%) | Too close to call |
| Affordable Care Act of 2010 | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (53.1% support, likely 48.7–57.5%) | Too close to call |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (48.4% support, likely 43.9–52.9%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court | August 6, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (46.6% support, likely 41.1–52.2%) | 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 (48.5% support, likely 42.9–54%) | Too close to call |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (56.8% support, likely 51–62.7%) | Against the majority |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (49.4% support, likely 45–53.9%) | Too close to call |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (78.3% support, likely 73.5–83.1%) | With the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (77% support, likely 69.8–84.2%) | With the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (72.1% support, likely 68.1–76.2%) | With 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 (63.9% support, likely 58.4–69.3%) | Against the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (30.4% support, likely 23.1–37.6%) | Against the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (24.1% support, likely 16.9–31.3%) | Against the majority |
| The $700 billion bank bailout (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (23.6% support, likely 19.5–27.6%) | Against the majority |
| Federal help for homeowners facing foreclosure (Housing and Economic Recovery Act) | July 26, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (56.7% support, likely 52–61.5%) | With the majority |
| Allow eavesdropping on overseas terrorist suspects without a court order (FISA Amendments Act) | July 9, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (71.6% support, likely 66.1–77.1%) | 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 (69.3% support, likely 65.1–73.6%) | 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 (47.7% support, likely 42.7–52.7%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) | September 27, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (75.2% support, likely 71–79.4%) | With the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (59.9% support, likely 54–65.7%) | With the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (58.6% support, likely 54.2–63%) | With the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (58.7% support, likely 54–63.4%) | With the majority |
| Raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour (Fair Minimum Wage Act) | February 1, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (82% support, likely 78.3–85.6%) | With the majority |
Attendance
In the 116th Congress, Lamar Alexander missed 133 of 720 Senate votes (18.5%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 96.4% of the time.