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Ben Sasse

Former

Republican · NE · U.S. Senate

No longer in office — profile reflects their service in the 114th–119th Congresses (2015–present).

Reported net worth

2018
$3.4M
2019
$3.3M
2020
$906k
2021
$1.9M
Most recent filing (2021)
Assets
$1.3M$3.1M
Liabilities
$250k$500k
Net worth
$845k$2.9M
Since 2018
$1.6M

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.54
Healthcare
R+0.59
Immigration & Border
R+0.98
Guns
R+1.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.95
Environment & Energy
R+0.69
Crime & Policing
R+0.47
Defense & Veterans
R+0.80
Economy & Labor
R+0.90
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.37
Civil Rights & Social
R+0.01
Education
R+0.29
Government & Democracy
R+0.71
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+0.81

Each issue runs left right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Ben Sasse's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

On the political map

Ben Sasse (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightSasse

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Sasse's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Recent notable votes

YEA
Lynne M. Tracy, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation
2022-12-21 · Nomination Confirmed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Judicial & Executive Nominations
NAY
Agnes Schaefer, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army
2022-12-21 · Nomination Confirmed · Defense & Veterans, Judicial & Executive Nominations
NAY
Agnes Schaefer, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army
2022-12-21 · Nomination Confirmed · Defense & Veterans, Judicial & Executive Nominations
NAY
Musetta Tia Johnson, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for a term of fifteen years to expire on the date prescribed by law
2022-12-15 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
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 "Final Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria-Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP)-Grants to State Entities (State Entity Grants); Grants to Charter Management Organizations for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CMO Grants); and Grants to Charter School Developers for the Opening of New Charter Schools and for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (Developer Grants)".
2022-12-14 · Joint Resolution Defeated · Education
NAY
Francisco O. Mora, of Florida, to be Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador
2022-12-14 · Nomination Confirmed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Judicial & Executive Nominations
NAY
Dana M. Douglas, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit
2022-12-13 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Jay Curtis Shambaugh, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury
2022-12-13 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
NAY
Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves, of Delaware, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit
2022-12-12 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
NAY
Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves, of Delaware, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit
2022-12-08 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
NAY
Dana M. Douglas, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit
2022-12-08 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
NAY
Kai N. Scott, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
2022-12-07 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations

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