Pat Roberts
Former senator for Kansas · Republican; served until January 3, 2021
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Seats held: Senator for KS, 1997–2021 · Representative for KS-1, 1981–1997.
Kansas has about 3 million residents, represented by two senators.
Votes compared with what constituents said
- Cooperative Election Study: voted with 22 of 41 surveyed votes where Kansas'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 (87.8% support, likely 83.8–91.7%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for obstruction of Congress | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (40.3% support, likely 34.5–46.1%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for abuse of power | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (38.2% support, likely 32.5–44%) | With the majority |
| Build a wall on the southern border | March 14, 2019 · official record | Nay (for the proposal) | Most oppose (46% support, likely 43.6–48.4%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (51.8% support, likely 46.4–57.2%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (48.6% support, likely 41.2–56%) | Too close to call |
| Appoint Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (50.8% support, likely 45.3–56.3%) | Too close to call |
| 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 (45.1% support, likely 40–50.3%) | Related bill, not counted |
| The 2017 tax bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (61% support, likely 55.9–66.1%) | 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 (70.4% support, likely 65.6–75.2%) | 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 (65.3% support, likely 60.3–70.3%) | 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 (80.5% support, likely 73.9–87.1%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (47.1% support, likely 41.7–52.5%) | Too close to call |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (49.2% support, likely 41.7–56.8%) | 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 (67.8% support, likely 60.4–75.2%) | With the majority |
| Appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (46.8% support, likely 41.6–51.9%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.2% support, likely 45.6–60.7%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education | February 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (45.1% support, likely 37.6–52.6%) | 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 (77.6% support, likely 73.1–82.1%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (61.5% support, likely 56.3–66.7%) | With the majority |
| Highway and transportation funding (FAST Act) | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (82.9% support, likely 78.7–87%) | With the majority |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (51.8% support, likely 46.7–56.9%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62.4% support, likely 55.1–69.7%) | Related bill, not counted |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (72% support, likely 64.8–79.2%) | Against the majority |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (65.7% support, likely 57.7–73.8%) | Against the majority |
| Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (change how Medicare pays doctors) | April 14, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (70.8% support, likely 66–75.5%) | With the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | January 29, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (60.7% support, likely 53.3–68%) | With the majority |
| Raise the debt ceiling | February 12, 2014 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (43.2% support, likely 37.8–48.6%) | With the majority |
| Agriculture bill (farm programs and food stamps, 2014 Farm Bill) | February 4, 2014 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (56.5% support, likely 51.1–62%) | 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) | Too close to call (43.7% support, likely 36.8–50.6%) | Too close to call |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (92.7% support, likely 88.4–97.1%) | Against the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (93.3% support, likely 88.3–98.2%) | 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 (58.1% support, likely 53.4–62.8%) | 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 (49.6% support, likely 44.1–55%) | Too close to call |
| Ryan budget plan (House budget resolution for 2013) | May 16, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (22.9% support, likely 18.8–27.1%) | Against the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | March 8, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (77.9% support, likely 73.8–82.1%) | 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 (42% support, likely 37.3–46.6%) | Against the majority |
| U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement | October 12, 2011 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (49.5% support, likely 44.8–54.2%) | 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 (61.7% support, likely 55.2–68.3%) | 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 (66.8% support, likely 62.2–71.4%) | Against the majority |
| Confirm Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court | August 5, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (46.6% support, likely 41.2–51.9%) | Too close to call |
| Financial reform (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) | July 15, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (69% support, likely 64–74%) | Against the majority |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (49.7% support, likely 43–56.4%) | Too close to call |
| Affordable Care Act of 2010 | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (51.5% support, likely 46.5–56.4%) | Too close to call |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (43.8% support, likely 38.4–49.2%) | With the majority |
| Confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court | August 6, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (51% support, likely 44.3–57.7%) | 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 (46.5% support, likely 39.8–53.2%) | 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 (54.6% support, likely 48–61.3%) | 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 (47.1% support, likely 41.9–52.4%) | 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 72.8–84.6%) | Against the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (76.1% support, likely 68.2–83.9%) | Against the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (72% support, likely 67.1–76.9%) | 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 (63.5% support, likely 56.9–70.1%) | Against the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (29.5% support, likely 21.5–37.5%) | With the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (25.4% support, likely 17.5–33.4%) | With the majority |
| The $700 billion bank bailout (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (22.8% support, likely 17.9–27.6%) | With the majority |
| Federal help for homeowners facing foreclosure (Housing and Economic Recovery Act) | July 26, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (44% support, likely 38.3–49.7%) | Against 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 (72.2% support, likely 65.9–78.4%) | 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 (69.6% support, likely 64.7–74.6%) | 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 (46.6% support, likely 40.8–52.4%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) | September 27, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (71.4% support, likely 66.3–76.4%) | With the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (61.4% support, likely 54.8–68%) | 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 (63.4% support, likely 58.3–68.5%) | 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 (61.6% support, likely 56–67.1%) | Against 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 (78.8% support, likely 74.3–83.2%) | With the majority |
Attendance
In the 116th Congress, Pat Roberts missed 36 of 720 Senate votes (5%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 98.4% of the time.