Lindsey Graham

Republican · U.S. Senator for South Carolina · no longer serving

37 sponsored · 166 cosponsored

Age 71 · Served 1995–2026

Overview Votes (423) Sponsored (37) Cosponsored (166)

How often they missed a vote · 119th Congress (2025–2026) The record says only that they did not vote, not why: illness, a birth or death in the family, campaigning and official travel all look the same.

They missed6.7%57 of the 851 votes the Senate held while they served

The typical senator missed2.6%of the same votes

Who or what does it affect?

Every vote they cast

Every roll-call vote this member has cast — 423 votes on 273 measures — grouped by what was being voted on. Most measures get several votes — usually one that decides the matter and a few that move it along — so the position shown against each is how this member voted on that particular question.

A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
S.J.Res. 185 · 2 recorded votes
- Nay : A vote on whether to start debating something This decides only whether the chamber takes the measure up at all. Nothing about the measure itself has been decided when it passes.
  Blocked 47 yes · 50 no
  Jun 25, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 192 · 2 not voting
- Nay : A vote to take a measure away from a committee that has not acted on it A committee can hold a measure indefinitely. This asks the whole chamber to take it away from the committee and bring it to the floor. If it fails, the measure stays where it was.
  Motion to Discharge Agreed to 50 yes · 47 no
  May 19, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 129 · 3 not voting
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations".
S.J.Res. 196 · one recorded vote
- Nay : A vote on whether to start debating something This decides only whether the chamber takes the measure up at all. Nothing about the measure itself has been decided when it passes.
  Blocked 45 yes · 52 no
  Jun 25, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 190 · 3 not voting
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
H.Con.Res. 86 · one recorded vote
- Nay : The vote on whether to adopt the resolution A resolution is one chamber speaking for itself — setting its own rules, taking a position, honouring someone — and it never goes to the President. Agreeing to it is the whole decision.
  Passed 50 yes · 48 no
  Jun 23, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 184 · 2 not voting
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
Passed
H.R. 6644 · 7 recorded votes
- Yea : The vote on whether to pass the bill This is the real decision in this chamber. Passing here sends the bill to the other chamber, which must pass it too before it can go to the President.
  Passed 89 yes · 10 no
  Mar 12, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 53 · 1 not voting
- Not Voting : A vote to accept the other chamber's changes The House and Senate passed different versions. This votes on accepting the other chamber's wording, which is the last step before the bill goes to the President.
  Passed 85 yes · 5 no
  Jun 22, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 182 · 10 not voting
- Yea : A vote to end debate and allow a final vote In the Senate, debate can continue indefinitely unless 60 senators vote to end it. This vote is that attempt. It decides whether the Senate may vote on the thing at all — not whether the thing passes. A failed cloture vote usually ends the matter without anyone ever voting on its merits.
  Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to 84 yes · 6 no
  Mar 2, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 44 · 9 not voting
- Yea : A vote on whether to start debating something This decides only whether the chamber takes the measure up at all. Nothing about the measure itself has been decided when it passes.
  Motion to Proceed Agreed to 90 yes · 8 no
  Mar 4, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 45 · 1 not voting
- Yea : A vote to end debate and allow a final vote In the Senate, debate can continue indefinitely unless 60 senators vote to end it. This vote is that attempt. It decides whether the Senate may vote on the thing at all — not whether the thing passes. A failed cloture vote usually ends the matter without anyone ever voting on its merits.
  Cloture Motion Agreed to 82 yes · 11 no
  Mar 11, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 52 · 6 not voting
- Yea : A vote on whether to start debating something This decides only whether the chamber takes the measure up at all. Nothing about the measure itself has been decided when it passes.
  Motion to Proceed Agreed to 87 yes · 8 no
  Jun 16, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 175 · 5 not voting
- Yea : A vote to end debate and allow a final vote In the Senate, debate can continue indefinitely unless 60 senators vote to end it. This vote is that attempt. It decides whether the Senate may vote on the thing at all — not whether the thing passes. A failed cloture vote usually ends the matter without anyone ever voting on its merits.
  Cloture Motion Agreed to 84 yes · 8 no
  Jun 18, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 180 · 8 not voting
A resolution requesting information on Honduras's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
S.Res. 616 · one recorded vote
- Nay : A vote to take a measure away from a committee that has not acted on it A committee can hold a measure indefinitely. This asks the whole chamber to take it away from the committee and bring it to the floor. If it fails, the measure stays where it was.
  Motion to Discharge Rejected 44 yes · 50 no
  Jun 17, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 179 · 6 not voting
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
S.J.Res. 172 · one recorded vote
- Nay : A vote to take a measure away from a committee that has not acted on it A committee can hold a measure indefinitely. This asks the whole chamber to take it away from the committee and bring it to the floor. If it fails, the measure stays where it was.
  Motion to Discharge Rejected 47 yes · 48 no
  Jun 16, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 174 · 5 not voting
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Executive Office for Immigration Review relating to "Appellate Procedures for the Board of Immigration Appeals".
S.J.Res. 190 · one recorded vote
- Nay : A vote on whether to start debating something This decides only whether the chamber takes the measure up at all. Nothing about the measure itself has been decided when it passes.
  Blocked 46 yes · 48 no
  Jun 16, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 173 · 6 not voting
To ensure only citizens are registered to vote in elections for Federal office, and to require voters to provide photo identification.
S.Amdt. 5804 · one recorded vote
- Yea : A vote to set aside an objection that the measure breaks a budget rule A senator objected that the measure spends or cuts more than the budget allows. Sixty votes set that objection aside; fewer, and the measure is stopped by the objection without a vote on what it would do.
  Blocked 50 yes · 49 no
  Jun 6, 2026 · How each member voted → · Senate roll call 151 · 1 not voting