Jerry Moran

Conservative

Republican

Senator

Kansas

Current Position: Senator from Kansas

Running For: N/A

Policy Positions

For reducing federal spending; opposes wasteful spending as a solution to inflation

Against SOPA and PIPA internet legislation; placed a Senate hold on PIPA citing threats to liberty and innovation

Against the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare); opposed its passage and voted against the 2017 Senate health care bill for not repealing the entire ACA
For the PACT Act providing healthcare and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits; introduced and advocated for its passage

Against the No Child Left Behind Act; voted against it in 2001 for not providing sufficient flexibility to schools

For expanding domestic energy production; supports an all-of-the-above strategy including oil, natural gas, coal, renewables, and nuclear energy; opposes Biden's drawdown of emergency oil reserves
Against acknowledging human-caused climate change; voted against a Senate amendment acknowledging that human activity contributes to climate change, signed letter calling for U.S. withdrawal of funding from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, voted against cap-and-trade legislation, and holds a lifetime 8% score from the League of Conservation Voters
For construction of the Keystone XL pipeline

Against abortion rights; opposes taxpayer funding of abortions domestically and abroad, cosponsored legislation to ban abortions after 20 weeks, voted to make harming a fetus a crime, supported overturning Roe v. Wade, and is endorsed by Kansans For Life PAC
Against LGBT rights; rated zero by the Human Rights Campaign in five separate scorecards
Against FCC internet privacy rules; voted in 2017 to repeal rules that blocked internet providers from sharing or selling customers' private data without permission

For increased border security; supports physical barrier at southern border, investment in new technology, enforcement of immigration laws, and reform to disincentivize illegal crossings
Against Trump's 2017 travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries as applied to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents
Against Trump's national emergency declaration to access $3.6 billion in military construction funding for border barriers; voted to block it in March 2019
Against blocking sanctions relief for Russian companies; voted to advance legislation blocking Trump's intent to lift sanctions against three Russian companies
Against Trump's Saudi arms deal; voted to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Jordan in June 2019

For gun rights; holds NRA 'A' grade, voted against Manchin-Toomey universal background checks, threatened to filibuster gun control proposals, supports eliminating gun-free zones on military installations, voted against banning suspected terrorists from acquiring guns, and cosponsored Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act
For maintaining law enforcement funding; fought against the 'defund the police' movement and acted to provide law enforcement a pay raise and tools for community protection
Against cannabis reform; holds a 'D-' grade from NORML for voting history on cannabis-related causes
Against creating an independent commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol attack; voted against it on May 28, 2021