Former senator · Indiana

Mike Braun

Mike Braun served in Congress from 2019 to 2025, last as a Republican senator from Indiana. In the 118th Congress, 691 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 85, and cast 451 of 473 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: Senate; Former
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2019
Last term ended: Jan 3, 2025

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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.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
118th CongressSenate	691	12.3%85 of 691 · rank 9 of 101	95%451 of 473 · rank 72 of 101	1504 became law	31%215 of 702
117th CongressSenate	949	2.7%26 of 949 · rank 48 of 100	98%731 of 744 · rank 48 of 100	1083 became law	25%143 of 569

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 118th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.80+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.

H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Nay
Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–62· Against party
H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Nay
Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActYea
Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–50· Against party
S. 3853: Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization ActYea
Mar 7, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 69–30· Against party
S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Yea
Jul 27, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 61–37· Against party
S. 316: A bill to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.Yea
Mar 29, 2023· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 66–30· Against party
S. 316: A bill to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.Nay
Mar 28, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 38–57· Against party
S. 316: A bill to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.Nay
Mar 28, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 31–65· Against party

Recent votes

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

H.R. 10545: American Relief Act, 2025Nay
Dec 21, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 85–11· Against party
H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Yea
Dec 21, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 76–20
H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Nay
Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–62· Against party
H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Nay
Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Yea
Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 28–67
H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Nay
Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 3–93
H.R. 9747: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025Nay
Sep 25, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 78–18· Against party
H.R. 9468: Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024Yea
Sep 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–47
S.J.Res. 58: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnaces".Yea
May 21, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 50–45
H.J.Res. 109: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121".Yea
May 16, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 60–38
S.J.Res. 57: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Treasury relating to "Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds".Yea
May 15, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Defeated 46–49
H.R. 3935: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024Not voting
May 9, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 88–4

Committees

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

No committee seats are listed.

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.

2024 cycle

Raised: $246K; through Dec 31, 2024
Cash on hand: -$1,992
From committees: $6,111; 14 committees
From contractor PACs: -$10.5K; 2 PACs · -172% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2024

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
3m company3m company pac	$3,000	3M COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$28.7M
cummins inc.cummins inc. political action committee (cipac)	$1,000	CUMMINS INCAI match · 99% · the same organization	$11.3M

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2024	$246K	$6,111	-$10.5K2 PACs · -172% of committee money
2022	$1.4M	$215.1K	$58K20 PACs · 27% 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.

Senate · IndianaJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025

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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.