Former member of Congress

Al Franken

Sen. for MN, Democrat, in the 115th Congress (2017–2018).

No longer in Congress. This page shows their record in the past Congresses on this site, with the seat and party they held then.

Time in office

Every stretch of service in Congress, from the congress-legislators records. Vote counts on this site begin in 2013, so service before then has dates but no scores.

Office	Seat	Party	From	To	Congresses
U.S. Senate, Minnesota	MN	Democrat	July 7, 2009	Jan. 2, 2018	111th–115th

Voting record by President

All the votes on this site from their time in office, added up under the President in office on the day of each vote. One President's figures are never combined with another's, and Trump's two terms are separate. A new President can take office partway through a Congress, so these can differ slightly from a Congress's own figures.

President	Congresses	Votes with the President	Party loyalty	Missed votes
Donald J. Trump (2017–2021)	115th	34% (38 of 111)	100% (192 of 192)	4% (13 of 297)
Barack Obama (2009–2017)	115th, 114th, 113th	97% (310 of 320)	99% (763 of 771)	1% (17 of 1,187)

Every Congress

Each row is that Congress alone, and the President score is for the President of that time. Missed votes are left out of both scores.

Congress	Seat	Party	Party loyalty	Votes with the President	Missed votes
115th Congress (2017–2018)	Senate MN	Democrat	100%	Obama: –; Trump: 34%	4%
114th Congress (2015–2016)	Senate MN	Democrat	98%	Obama: 90%	3%
113th Congress (2013–2014)	Senate MN	Democrat	99%	Obama: 99%	0.5%

Where they broke ranks, 115th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (0), or against the position President Obama / Trump took publicly before the vote (73).

Dec. 21, 2017
115-S325

A vote to agree to a motion in the Senate relating to H.R. 1370, whose title describes an act amending the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
Dec. 20, 2017
115-S323

A vote to agree to a Senate motion on H.R. 1, the bill providing for reconciliation under the fiscal year 2018 budget resolution.
Against the President Motion

Voted No
Dec. 19, 2017
115-S320

A vote to confirm Jennifer Gillian Newstead, of New York, as Legal Adviser of the Department of State.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 18, 2017
115-S319

A vote to confirm Owen West, of Connecticut, as an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 18, 2017
115-S318

A vote to confirm J. Paul Compton, Jr., of Alabama, as General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 14, 2017
115-S317

A vote to confirm James C. Ho, of Texas, as United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 13, 2017
115-S315

A vote to confirm Don R. Willett, of Texas, as a Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 12, 2017
115-S313

A vote to confirm Leonard Steven Grasz, of Nebraska, as United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 5, 2017
115-S305

A vote to confirm Kirstjen Nielsen, of Virginia, as Secretary of Homeland Security.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 2, 2017
115-S303

A vote to pass H.R. 1, the bill to provide for reconciliation under the fiscal year 2018 budget resolution, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
Nov. 28, 2017
115-S283

A vote to confirm Gregory G. Katsas, of Virginia, as United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Nov. 15, 2017
115-S275

A vote to confirm David G. Zatezalo, of West Virginia, as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Nov. 14, 2017
115-S272

A vote to confirm Steven Gill Bradbury, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Nov. 9, 2017
115-S268

A vote to confirm William L. Wehrum, of Delaware, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Nov. 8, 2017
115-S266

A vote to confirm Peter B. Robb, of Vermont, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board for a term of four years.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Nov. 7, 2017
115-S264

A vote to confirm Steven Andrew Engel, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Nov. 2, 2017
115-S261

A vote to confirm Stephanos Bibas, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Nov. 2, 2017
115-S259

A vote to confirm Allison H. Eid, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Nov. 1, 2017
115-S257

A vote to confirm Joan Louise Larsen, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Oct. 31, 2017
115-S255

A vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Oct. 24, 2017
115-S249

A vote to pass H.J.Res. 111, a joint resolution disapproving the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection's rule on "Arbitration Agreements."
Against the President Passage

Voted No
Oct. 17, 2017
115-S218

A vote to confirm David Joel Trachtenberg, of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Oct. 5, 2017
115-S215

A vote to confirm Lee Francis Cissna, of Maryland, to be Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Oct. 5, 2017
115-S213

A vote to confirm Randal Quarles, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Oct. 4, 2017
115-S211

A vote to confirm Eric D. Hargan, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Oct. 2, 2017
115-S209

A vote to confirm Ajit Varadaraj Pai, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2016.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Sept. 25, 2017
115-S203

A vote to confirm William J. Emanuel, of California, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2021.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Sept. 19, 2017
115-S201

A vote to confirm Noel J. Francisco, of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United States.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Aug. 3, 2017
115-S186

A vote to confirm Dan R. Brouillette, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Aug. 2, 2017
115-S184

A vote to confirm Marvin Kaplan, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2020.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 28, 2017
115-S179

A vote to adopt an amendment to H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017, that is described as being of a perfecting nature.
Against the President Amendment

Voted No
July 26, 2017
115-S169

A vote to adopt an amendment of a perfecting nature to H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017.
Against the President Amendment

Voted No
July 25, 2017
115-S167

A vote to begin Senate consideration of H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017, a bill to provide for reconciliation under the fiscal year 2017 budget resolution.
Against the President Procedural

Voted No
July 24, 2017
115-S166

A vote to confirm David Bernhardt, of Virginia, as Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 20, 2017
115-S164

A vote to confirm John Kenneth Bush, of Kentucky, as United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 10, 2017
115-S156

A vote to confirm Neomi Rao, of the District of Columbia, as Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
June 22, 2017
115-S152

A vote to confirm Marshall Billingslea, of Virginia, as Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at the Department of the Treasury.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
June 6, 2017
115-S139

A vote to confirm Courtney Elwood, of Virginia, as General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 25, 2017
115-S137

A vote to confirm Amul R. Thapar, of Kentucky, as United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 18, 2017
115-S131

A vote to confirm Rachel L. Brand, of Iowa, as Associate Attorney General.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 16, 2017
115-S129

A vote to confirm Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, as Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 9, 2017
115-S124

A vote to confirm Scott Gottlieb, of Connecticut, as Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 8, 2017
115-S122

A vote to confirm Heather Wilson, of South Dakota, as Secretary of the Air Force.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 3, 2017
115-S120

A vote to pass H.J.Res. 66, a joint resolution disapproving the Department of Labor rule on savings arrangements established by States for non-governmental employees.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
May 2, 2017
115-S118

A vote to confirm Jay Clayton, of New York, as a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
April 27, 2017
115-S116

A vote to confirm R. Alexander Acosta, of Florida, as Secretary of Labor.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
April 7, 2017
115-S111

A vote to confirm Neil M. Gorsuch, of Colorado, as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
April 6, 2017
115-S109

A vote to sustain the presiding officer’s decision as the judgment of the Senate, during consideration of the Gorsuch nomination to the Supreme Court.
Against the President Procedural

Voted Yes
March 30, 2017
115-S99

A vote to pass H.J.Res. 67, a joint resolution disapproving the Department of Labor rule on savings arrangements established by qualified State political subdivisions for non-governmental employees.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
March 23, 2017
115-S96

A vote to confirm David Friedman, of New York, to be Ambassador to Israel.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
March 22, 2017
115-S93

A vote to pass H.J.Res. 83, which disapproves a Department of Labor rule on employers' duty to record injuries and illnesses, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
March 14, 2017
115-S87

A vote to pass H.J.Res. 42, which disapproves a Department of Labor rule on drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
March 13, 2017
115-S86

A vote to confirm Seema Verma, of Indiana, as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
March 9, 2017
115-S85

A vote to confirm Seema Verma, of Indiana, as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
March 9, 2017
115-S84

A vote to pass H.J.Res. 57, which disapproves a Department of Education rule on accountability and State plans, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
March 8, 2017
115-S83

A vote to pass H.J.Res. 58, which disapproves the Department of Education rule relating to teacher preparation issues, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
March 7, 2017
115-S82

A vote to pass H.J.Res. 44, which disapproves a Department of the Interior rule on land use planning, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
March 6, 2017
115-S81

A vote to pass H.J.Res. 37, which disapproves a rule relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
March 2, 2017
115-S79

A vote to confirm James Richard Perry, of Texas, to be Secretary of Energy.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
March 2, 2017
115-S77

A vote to confirm Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., of Florida, as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
March 1, 2017
115-S75

A vote to confirm Ryan Zinke, of Montana, as Secretary of the Interior.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Feb. 27, 2017
115-S73

A vote to confirm Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., of Florida, as Secretary of Commerce.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Feb. 17, 2017
115-S71

A vote to confirm Scott Pruitt, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Feb. 16, 2017
115-S68

A vote to confirm Mick Mulvaney, of South Carolina, as Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Feb. 15, 2017
115-S66

A vote to pass H.J.Res. 40, which disapproves the Social Security Administration rule relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
Feb. 13, 2017
115-S63

A vote to confirm Steven T. Mnuchin, of California, as Secretary of the Treasury.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Feb. 10, 2017
115-S61

A vote to confirm Thomas Price, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Feb. 8, 2017
115-S59

A vote to confirm Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, as Attorney General.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Feb. 7, 2017
115-S54

A vote to confirm Elisabeth Prince DeVos, of Michigan, as Secretary of Education.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Feb. 3, 2017
115-S51

A vote to pass H.J.Res. 41, which disapproves a Securities and Exchange Commission rule relating to "Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers", in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
Feb. 2, 2017
115-S43

A vote to pass H.J.Res. 38, which disapproves the Department of the Interior rule known as the Stream Protection Rule, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
Feb. 1, 2017
115-S36

A vote to confirm Rex W. Tillerson, of Texas, as Secretary of State.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Jan. 23, 2017
115-S32

A vote to confirm Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No

Where they broke ranks, 114th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (6), or against the position President Obama took publicly before the vote (8).

Sept. 28, 2016
114-S490

A vote to pass H.R. 5325, the Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
Sept. 28, 2016
114-S487

A vote to override the President's veto of S. 2040, the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.
Against the President Veto override

Voted Yes
July 7, 2016
114-S462

A vote to agree to a Senate motion relating to a bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes (S. 764).
Against own party Passage

Voted Yes
July 7, 2016
114-S461

A vote to table an amendment described as "To change the enactment date" to the bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act (S. 764).
Against own party Procedural

Voted No
July 6, 2016
114-S460

A vote to invoke cloture, ending debate on a bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes (S. 764).
Against own party End debate

Voted Yes
June 29, 2016
114-S456

A vote to agree to a motion relating to S. 764, a bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act.
Against own party Motion

Voted Yes
June 14, 2016
114-S437

A vote to pass S. 2943, an original bill to authorize fiscal year 2017 appropriations for military activities of the Department of Defense.
Against the President Passage

Voted Yes
Nov. 10, 2015
114-S302

A vote to pass H.R. 2029, a bill making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted Yes
Oct. 27, 2015
114-S291

A vote to pass S. 754, an original bill to improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
July 24, 2015
114-S252

A vote to begin Senate consideration of H.R. 22, a bill on how TRICARE and Veterans Administration coverage counts under the employer mandate in the Affordable Care Act.
Against own party Procedural

Voted Yes
July 16, 2015
114-S245

A vote to adopt an amendment to S. 1177 changing how funds are allocated under subpart 2 of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Against own party Amendment

Voted Yes
June 24, 2015
114-S219

A vote to agree to a motion on H.R. 2146, a bill allowing certain public safety employees penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after age 50.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
May 22, 2015
114-S193

A vote to pass H.R. 1314, described as a bill giving a right to an administrative appeal of adverse tax-exempt status determinations.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
May 22, 2015
114-S191

A vote to agree to a substitute amendment to H.R. 1314.
Against the President Amendment

Voted No

Where they broke ranks, 113th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (2), or against the position President Obama took publicly before the vote (2).

Dec. 13, 2014
113-S645

A vote to agree to a motion in the Senate relating to H.R. 83, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
March 31, 2014
113-S384

A vote to pass H.R. 4302, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014.
Against own party Passage

Voted No
March 26, 2014
113-S378

A vote to confirm Edward G. Smith, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
March 22, 2013
113-S57

A vote to adopt an amendment to S.Con.Res. 8, the concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014.
Against own party Amendment

Voted Yes