Senator · Rhode Island

Jack Reed

Jack Reed is a Democratic senator from Rhode Island, in Congress since 1991. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 8, and cast 788 of 833 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 1991
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate9150.9%8 of 915 · rank 83 of 10195%788 of 833 · rank 83 of 101450 became law18%61 of 334
118th CongressSenate6910.0%0 of 691 · rank 99 of 101100%536 of 538 · rank 12 of 101410 became law13%39 of 300
117th CongressSenate9490.3%3 of 949 · rank 95 of 100100%764 of 765 · rank 4 of 100542 became law12%41 of 333

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.36+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
    Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–50· Against party
  2. H.R. 3746: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023Nay
    Jun 1, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 30–69· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22· Against party
  2. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
  3. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
  4. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
  5. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
  6. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
  7. H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
  8. S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
    Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23· Against party
  9. H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027Yea
    Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
  10. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
  11. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
  12. S.Res. 817: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.Nay
    Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

140 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced10374%
  2. Reported by committee128.6%
  3. Passed one chamber2115%
  4. Passed both chambers21.4%
  5. Became law21.4%

Policy areas

  1. Finance and Financial Sector36
  2. Education18
  3. Health14
  4. Labor and Employment11
  5. Armed Forces and National Security10
  6. Housing and Community Development10
  7. Congress6
  8. Taxation6

Latest activity

  1. S.Res. 926 A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Literacy Month".
    Passed one chamber· Education· Sep 29, 2026
  2. S. 5549 Quality Educator Partnership Act
    Introduced· Sep 24, 2026
  3. S.Res. 863 A resolution expressing support for designation of the week of September 13 through 19, 2026, as "National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week".
    Passed one chamber· Labor and Employment· Sep 23, 2026
  4. S. 5320 Insider Trading Prohibition Act
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Aug 6, 2026
  5. S. 5264 Bus Operator Safety and Security Act
    Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· Aug 5, 2026
  6. S.J.Res. 203 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency relating to "Preemption Determination: State Interest-on-Escrow Laws".
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Jul 29, 2026
  7. S. 4110 EMPOWER for Health Act
    Reported by committee· Health· Jul 28, 2026
  8. S. 5018 Disaster Relief Fairness Act of 2026
    Introduced· Emergency Management· Jul 16, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$3.4M
through Aug 20, 2026
Cash on hand
$3.1M
From committees
$1.2M
260 committees
From contractor PACs
$243.7K
66 PACs · 21% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac$10KNORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$1.1B
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$10KHONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M
microsoft corporationmicrosoft corporation stakeholders voluntary pac - msvpac$10KMICROSOFT CORPORATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$443M
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee$10KCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$130.5K
blue origin, llcblue origin llc political action committee (blue origin pac)$10KBLUE ORIGIN, LLCAI match · 100% · the same organization$1.1B
the boeing companythe boeing company pac$9,000THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization$9B
lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee$9,000LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$13.3B
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)$8,000GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$29.3K
bae systemsbae systems inc. political action committee (bae systems usa pac)$8,000BAE SYSTEMS PLCAI match · 99% · the same organization-$88K
google llcgoogle llc netpac$7,000GOOGLE LLCAI match · 94% · the same organization$9.1M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$3.4M$1.2M$243.7K66 PACs · 21% of committee money
2024$566K$165.8K$58.3K24 PACs · 35% of committee money
2022$521.2K$162.5K$72.5K25 PACs · 45% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · Rhode IslandJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. Senate · Rhode IslandJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2021
  3. Senate · Rhode IslandJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2015
  4. Senate · Rhode IslandJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2009
  5. Senate · Rhode IslandJan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 2003
  6. House · Rhode Island's 2nd districtJan 4, 1995 – Jan 3, 1997
  7. House · Rhode Island's 2nd districtJan 5, 1993 – Jan 3, 1995
  8. House · Rhode Island's 2nd districtJan 3, 1991 – Jan 3, 1993

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
www.reed.senate.gov
Phone
202-224-4642
Office
728 Hart Senate Office Building
Contact form
Contact form

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.