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Tom Cotton on Trade

RepublicanAR

Trade15 votes · 16.7/100 consistent
ProtectionistFree trade

Not a left/right axis — both parties split on this issue.

20 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Trade. 15 of them counted toward the score above: 5 toward “Free trade” and 10 toward “Protectionist”.

The other 5 did not count: 5 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2026-04-23To reduce the price of prescription drugs in the United States by more than 50 percent by adopting Most Favored Nation drug pricing so that the American people pay no more for prescription drugs than Europeans or Canadians.S.Con.Res. 33 · 119th Congress · On the MotionNayDirection not readable
2025-10-30A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs.S.J.Res. 88 · 119th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionNayProtectionist
2025-10-29A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.S.J.Res. 77 · 119th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionNayProtectionist
2025-10-28A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil.S.J.Res. 81 · 119th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionNayProtectionist
2025-04-30A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs.S.J.Res. 49 · 119th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaProtectionist
2025-04-30A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs.S.J.Res. 49 · 119th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionNayProtectionist
2025-04-02A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.S.J.Res. 37 · 119th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionNayProtectionist
2023-05-03A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to "Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential Proclamation 10414".H.J.Res. 39 · 118th Congress · On the Joint ResolutionYeaProtectionist
2022-04-07A bill to prohibit the importation of energy products of the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.H.R. 6968 · 117th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaProtectionist
2022-04-07A bill to suspend normal trade relations treatment for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, and for other purposes.H.R. 7108 · 117th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaProtectionist
2020-01-16A bill to implement the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada attached as an Annex to the Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement.H.R. 5430 · 116th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFree trade
2020-01-16A bill to implement the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada attached as an Annex to the Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement.H.R. 5430 · 116th Congress · On the MotionYeaFree trade
2015-06-24An act to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and for other purposes.H.R. 1295 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture MotionNayProtectionist
2015-06-24A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after age 50, and for other purposes.H.R. 2146 · 114th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2015-06-23A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after age 50, and for other purposes.H.R. 2146 · 114th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaDirection not readable
2015-05-14An act to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and for other purposes.H.R. 1295 · 114th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaFree trade
2014-06-25To provide for expedited approval of exportation of natural gas to World Trade Organization countries, and for other purposesH.R. 6 · 113th Congress · On PassageYeaFree trade
2014-06-25To provide for expedited approval of exportation of natural gas to World Trade Organization countries, and for other purposesH.R. 6 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with InstructionsNayDirection not readable
2013-10-12Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding certain provisions of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2642 relating to the Secretary of Agriculture’s administration of tariff-rate quotas for raw and refined sugarH.Res. 378 · 113th Congress · On Agreeing to the ResolutionYeaDirection not readable
2013-09-09Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013H.R. 2052 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedYeaFree trade

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Protectionist / Free trade axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.