Senators ranked: Pro-education-funding

All 100 senators ranked by how often they voted for more federal funding for schools, student aid and teachers, across 11 recorded Senate votes. A higher grade means the senator voted for the Pro-education-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 education?

Rank	Senator	Party	State	Grade	Voted for this side	Missed	Votes
1	Adam B. Schiff	Democrat	California	A+	100%	0	See the votes
2	Alex Padilla	Democrat	California	A+	100%	1	See the votes
3	Amy Klobuchar	Democrat	Minnesota	A+	100%	1	See the votes
4	Andy Kim	Democrat	New Jersey	A+	100%	0	See the votes
5	Angela D. Alsobrooks	Democrat	Maryland	A+	100%	0	See the votes
6	Angus S. King, Jr.	Independent	Maine	A+	100%	0	See the votes
7	Ben Ray Luján	Democrat	New Mexico	A+	100%	0	See the votes
8	Bernard Sanders	Independent	Vermont	A+	100%	0	See the votes
9	Brian Schatz	Democrat	Hawaii	A+	100%	0	See the votes
10	Catherine Cortez Masto	Democrat	Nevada	A+	100%	1	See the votes
11	Charles E. Schumer	Democrat	New York	A+	100%	0	See the votes
12	Chris Van Hollen	Democrat	Maryland	A+	100%	0	See the votes
13	Christopher A. Coons	Democrat	Delaware	A+	100%	0	See the votes
14	Christopher Murphy	Democrat	Connecticut	A+	100%	1	See the votes
15	Cory A. Booker	Democrat	New Jersey	A+	100%	0	See the votes
16	Edward J. Markey	Democrat	Massachusetts	A+	100%	0	See the votes
17	Elissa Slotkin	Democrat	Michigan	A+	100%	0	See the votes
18	Elizabeth Warren	Democrat	Massachusetts	A+	100%	0	See the votes
19	Gary C. Peters	Democrat	Michigan	A+	100%	0	See the votes
20	Jack Reed	Democrat	Rhode Island	A+	100%	0	See the votes
21	Jacky Rosen	Democrat	Nevada	A+	100%	0	See the votes
22	Jeanne Shaheen	Democrat	New Hampshire	A+	100%	2	See the votes
23	Jeff Merkley	Democrat	Oregon	A+	100%	0	See the votes
24	John Fetterman	Democrat	Pennsylvania	A+	100%	1	See the votes
25	John W. Hickenlooper	Democrat	Colorado	A+	100%	0	See the votes
26	Jon Ossoff	Democrat	Georgia	A+	100%	0	See the votes
27	Kirsten E. Gillibrand	Democrat	New York	A+	100%	0	See the votes
28	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Democrat	Delaware	A+	100%	0	See the votes
29	Margaret Wood Hassan	Democrat	New Hampshire	A+	100%	0	See the votes
30	Maria Cantwell	Democrat	Washington	A+	100%	0	See the votes
31	Mark Kelly	Democrat	Arizona	A+	100%	0	See the votes
32	Mark R. Warner	Democrat	Virginia	A+	100%	3	See the votes
33	Martin Heinrich	Democrat	New Mexico	A+	100%	0	See the votes
34	Mazie K. Hirono	Democrat	Hawaii	A+	100%	0	See the votes
35	Michael F. Bennet	Democrat	Colorado	A+	100%	3	See the votes
36	Patty Murray	Democrat	Washington	A+	100%	0	See the votes
37	Peter Welch	Democrat	Vermont	A+	100%	0	See the votes
38	Raphael G. Warnock	Democrat	Georgia	A+	100%	0	See the votes
39	Richard Blumenthal	Democrat	Connecticut	A+	100%	0	See the votes
40	Richard J. Durbin	Democrat	Illinois	A+	100%	0	See the votes
41	Ron Wyden	Democrat	Oregon	A+	100%	0	See the votes
42	Ruben Gallego	Democrat	Arizona	A+	100%	1	See the votes
43	Sheldon Whitehouse	Democrat	Rhode Island	A+	100%	0	See the votes
44	Tammy Baldwin	Democrat	Wisconsin	A+	100%	0	See the votes
45	Tammy Duckworth	Democrat	Illinois	A+	100%	1	See the votes
46	Tim Kaine	Democrat	Virginia	A+	100%	0	See the votes
47	Tina Smith	Democrat	Minnesota	A+	100%	1	See the votes
48	Susan M. Collins	Republican	Maine	F	40%	0	See the votes
49	Mike Crapo	Republican	Idaho	F	27%	0	See the votes
50	Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	F	25%	1	See the votes
51	Mitch McConnell	Republican	Kentucky	F	25%	1	See the votes
52	Dan Sullivan	Republican	Alaska	F	18%	0	See the votes
53	John Barrasso	Republican	Wyoming	F	15%	0	See the votes
54	John Cornyn	Republican	Texas	F	15%	0	See the votes
55	John Thune	Republican	South Dakota	F	15%	0	See the votes
56	Lisa Murkowski	Republican	Alaska	F	15%	0	See the votes
57	Ashley Moody	Republican	Florida	F	0%	0	See the votes
58	Bernie Moreno	Republican	Ohio	F	0%	0	See the votes
59	Bill Cassidy	Republican	Louisiana	F	0%	0	See the votes
60	Bill Hagerty	Republican	Tennessee	F	0%	0	See the votes
61	Cindy Hyde-Smith	Republican	Mississippi	F	0%	0	See the votes
62	Cynthia M. Lummis	Republican	Wyoming	F	0%	1	See the votes
63	David McCormick	Republican	Pennsylvania	F	0%	0	See the votes
64	Deb Fischer	Republican	Nebraska	F	0%	0	See the votes
65	Eric Schmitt	Republican	Missouri	F	0%	0	See the votes
66	James C. Justice	Republican	West Virginia	F	0%	0	See the votes
67	James E. Risch	Republican	Idaho	F	0%	1	See the votes
68	James Lankford	Republican	Oklahoma	F	0%	0	See the votes
69	Jerry Moran	Republican	Kansas	F	0%	0	See the votes
70	Jim Banks	Republican	Indiana	F	0%	0	See the votes
71	John Boozman	Republican	Arkansas	F	0%	0	See the votes
72	John Hoeven	Republican	North Dakota	F	0%	0	See the votes
73	John Kennedy	Republican	Louisiana	F	0%	0	See the votes
74	John R. Curtis	Republican	Utah	F	0%	0	See the votes
75	Jon Husted	Republican	Ohio	F	0%	0	See the votes
76	Joni Ernst	Republican	Iowa	F	0%	0	See the votes
77	Josh Hawley	Republican	Missouri	F	0%	0	See the votes
78	Katie Boyd Britt	Republican	Alabama	F	0%	0	See the votes
79	Kevin Cramer	Republican	North Dakota	F	0%	0	See the votes
80	Marsha Blackburn	Republican	Tennessee	F	0%	0	See the votes
81	Mike Lee	Republican	Utah	F	0%	0	See the votes
82	Mike Rounds	Republican	South Dakota	F	0%	0	See the votes
83	Pete Ricketts	Republican	Nebraska	F	0%	0	See the votes
84	Rand Paul	Republican	Kentucky	F	0%	0	See the votes
85	Rick Scott	Republican	Florida	F	0%	0	See the votes
86	Roger F. Wicker	Republican	Mississippi	F	0%	1	See the votes
87	Roger Marshall	Republican	Kansas	F	0%	0	See the votes
88	Ron Johnson	Republican	Wisconsin	F	0%	0	See the votes
89	Shelley Moore Capito	Republican	West Virginia	F	0%	0	See the votes
90	Steve Daines	Republican	Montana	F	0%	0	See the votes
91	Ted Budd	Republican	North Carolina	F	0%	0	See the votes
92	Ted Cruz	Republican	Texas	F	0%	0	See the votes
93	Thom Tillis	Republican	North Carolina	F	0%	1	See the votes
94	Tim Scott	Republican	South Carolina	F	0%	1	See the votes
95	Tim Sheehy	Republican	Montana	F	0%	0	See the votes
96	Todd Young	Republican	Indiana	F	0%	0	See the votes
97	Tom Cotton	Republican	Arkansas	F	0%	0	See the votes
98	Tommy Tuberville	Republican	Alabama	F	0%	0	See the votes
—	Alan Armstrong	Republican	Oklahoma	N/A	N/A — not enough votes yet	0	See the votes
—	Darline Graham	Republican	South Carolina	N/A	N/A — not enough votes yet	0	See the votes

Which votes count?

Date	Bill	Question	Side counted	Weight	Why it counts
1994-10-05	HR6	On the Conference Report	Yea	2	Renews federal K-12 school funding (1994)
2001-12-18	HR1	On the Conference Report	Yea	2	No Child Left Behind Act: more federal K-12 funding with testing rules (2001)
2007-11-14	HR1429	On the Conference Report	Yea	2	Renews and expands Head Start (2007)
2023-05-31	HJRES45	On the Motion	Nay	1	Step to overturn the student loan pause and waivers
2023-06-01	HJRES45	On the Joint Resolution	Nay	2	Overturned the student loan pause and waivers
2023-11-15	SJRES43	On the Joint Resolution	Nay	2	Overturned the SAVE income-driven student loan repayment plan
2025-02-21	SCONRES7	On the Motion	Yea	1	Blocks cuts to school lunch and breakfast
2025-05-06	SJRES7	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	1	Step to overturn E-Rate funding for student Wi-Fi hotspots
2025-05-08	SJRES7	On the Joint Resolution	Nay	2	Overturned E-Rate funding for student Wi-Fi hotspots
2026-04-22	SCONRES33	On the Motion	Yea	1	Blocks budget bills that do not increase school meal funding
2026-06-24	SJRES196	On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	1	Overturns new federal student loan limits (flag: confirm direction)