Andy Kim

U.S. Senator · New Jersey

Last updated

May 11, 2026

Next election

November 2030

Votes cast

1,359

On record

Bills sponsored

Including co-sponsored

Ledger entries

1,359

All actions

Policy pillars — derived from activity record

Electoral integrity

12 actions

Kim supports electoral integrity measures focused on transparency and procedural safeguards like observer access and ballot tracking, while opposing citizenship-based voting restrictions that he views as potentially limiting electoral access and participation.

Criminal justice

29 actions

Kim supports evidence-based criminal justice approaches focused on drug enforcement, victim protection, and forensic improvements while opposing policies that expand deportation grounds for non-citizens or weaken police accountability and reform measures.

Fiscal policy

114 actions

Kim demonstrates a mixed fiscal policy approach by consistently supporting continuing resolutions and debt ceiling measures that maintain current spending levels while opposing procedural votes on specific appropriations bills, suggesting a preference for preserving existing fiscal commitments over engaging with detailed budget negotiations.

Healthcare

37 actions

Kim demonstrates a mixed healthcare ideology, consistently supporting cost transparency and disease-specific research initiatives while opposing funding expansions for maternal health, pediatric research, and provider workforce development programs.

Education

20 actions

Kim demonstrates strong support for education policies that expand access and accountability, particularly through backing veteran education programs, student loan forgiveness initiatives, and early financial aid processing while opposing measures that could limit education affordability.

Economy and labor

45 actions

Kim demonstrates a mixed economic ideology, supporting broad business growth and foreign investment opportunities while opposing targeted interventions for small business access, labor protections, and supply chain resilience.

Environment and energy

114 actions

Kim demonstrates strong support for environmental protection through backing regulatory standards that reduce pollution and emissions while opposing efforts to weaken EPA authority and federal environmental safeguards.

Immigration

35 actions

Kim consistently opposes restrictive immigration enforcement measures and border security legislation that would increase deportations, detention, and asylum barriers, while supporting family reunification policies.

National security and foreign policy

192 actions

Kim supports robust national security measures including sanctions against hostile state actors and terrorist organizations, international intelligence sharing, and military readiness, while opposing broader economic restrictions that lack humanitarian flexibility or multilateral economic pressure tactics.

Civil rights and liberties

27 actions

Kim demonstrates strong support for civil rights protections against discrimination and harassment, particularly regarding antisemitism and protections for marginalized students, but shows inconsistency in balancing competing civil liberties concerns such as free speech restrictions and Second Amendment rights.

Social policy

16 actions

Kim demonstrates strong support for targeted social safety net expansions that prioritize vulnerable populations including children, veterans, and families while opposing measures that would redirect welfare funds toward non-government entities or reduce benefits equity through means-testing mechanisms.

Technology and data

19 actions

Kim favors technology policies that emphasize consumer protections, data security, and infrastructure expansion while opposing centralized federal regulatory authority over the sector.

Civil liberties and government power

5 actions

Kim opposes measures that would constrain federal government power and authority, particularly those aimed at limiting executive branch discretion over information control and declassification decisions.

Government accountability and transparency

78 actions

Kim consistently opposed measures that would enhance government accountability and transparency, including requirements for agency disclosure of regulatory impacts on small businesses, release of congressional ethics records, legislative oversight of executive decisions, and standards for government information reliability, while supporting only direct disciplinary actions against individual members.

Infrastructure and public investment

26 actions

Kim demonstrates strong support for public investment in traditional infrastructure domains including historic preservation, water systems, space exploration, and transportation corridors, while showing skepticism toward broadband expansion and transit planning studies that emphasize efficiency metrics.

Activity ledger — most recent first

May 13, 2026

Kim moved to proceed to Calendar No. 382, S.J. Res. 126, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection's withdrawal of guidance on time-barred debt collection practices under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.