Senators ranked: Pro-police-funding
All 100 senators ranked by how often they voted for more funding for law enforcement and tougher penalties, across 12 recorded Senate votes. A higher grade means the senator voted for the Pro-police-funding side more often.
Official Senate roll-call votes (via Voteview)
A means the senator voted for this side most often — not that the senator is better. F means the senator voted against this side most often. Based on votes through 2026-08-08.
How did each senator score on crime?
Which votes count?
| Date | Bill | Question | Side counted | Weight | Why it counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-07-11 | S1970 | On Passage of the Bill | Yea | 2 | Omnibus crime bill with tougher sentences (1990) |
| 1991-07-11 | S1241 | On Passage of the Bill | Yea | 2 | Violent Crime Control Act (1991) |
| 1993-11-19 | HR3355 | On Passage of the Bill | Yea | 2 | Senate crime bill funding more police officers (1993) |
| 1994-08-25 | HR3355 | On the Conference Report | Yea | 2 | 1994 crime law funding 100,000 police officers |
| 2023-03-08 | HJRES26 | On the Joint Resolution | Yea | 2 | Overturned DC's rewrite that lowered some criminal penalties |
| 2023-05-16 | HJRES42 | On the Joint Resolution | Yea | 2 | Overturned DC's police-accountability law (flag: confirm direction) |
| 2025-02-21 | SCONRES7 | On the Amendment | Yea | 2 | Budget fund to hire more police |
| 2025-03-06 | S331 | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed | Yea | 1 | HALT Fentanyl Act: permanent tougher fentanyl penalties (step) |
| 2025-03-13 | S331 | On the Cloture Motion | Yea | 1 | HALT Fentanyl Act (cloture) |
| 2025-03-14 | S331 | On Passage of the Bill | Yea | 2 | HALT Fentanyl Act passage |
| 2026-06-05 | S2 | On the Amendment | Yea | 2 | Funds local police hiring |
| 2026-06-05 | S2 | On the Motion | Yea | 1 | Compensates Capitol Police officers from January 6 |