Legislator Fact Sheet · United States Senate · Georgia

Jon Ossoff

Party Democrat

In Office 2021 – present

Roll-Call Votes ~2,450

Scope of This Review 2021 – 2026

HRC Equality Score 85 / 100

Jon Ossoff is Georgia's junior U.S. Senator, sworn in January 20, 2021 after winning the 2021 runoff, and is up for re-election in 2026. He has cast roughly 2,450 roll-call votes. The ten below are selected for their direct, material impact on ordinary households — health coverage, food assistance, taxes, infrastructure, guns, civil rights, and foreign policy. Each entry lists how he voted, when, whether the measure became law, the real-world stakes, and a source.

10 / 10Jon Ossoff has a recorded position on all ten of the key votes below.

HRC Equality Score: 85/100 (118th Congress). An external rating from the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, scoring members 0–100 on support for LGBTQ+ equality based on key votes and bill cosponsorships in the 118th Congress (2023–24). Included for reference; it reflects HRC's positions, not this site's.

Vote positions verified against Senate roll calls, the member's own statements, and reporting. Impact summaries are factual; framing is left to the reader.

One Big Beautiful Bill Act

H.R. 1 · 119th Congress

Date: Senate passage July 1, 2025 (51–50, Vice President breaking the tie)
Status: Became law — Public Law 119-21, signed July 4, 2025

Impact on Everyday Americans

The largest safety-net rollback in recent memory — over $1 trillion cut from health programs and at least $120 billion from SNAP, with new Medicaid work requirements and higher ACA premiums. Ossoff voted no with every Senate Democrat, calling it "a catastrophe for healthcare in Georgia" and warning it would strain hospitals and nursing homes. (His Georgia House counterpart, Austin Scott, voted yes.)

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Laken Riley Act

S. 5 · 119th Congress

YES

Date: Senate passage January 20, 2025 (64–35) — one of 12 Democrats voting yes
Status: Became law, signed January 29, 2025

Impact on Everyday Americans

Requires DHS to detain undocumented people merely charged with or arrested for theft-related offenses — without a conviction — and lets states sue the federal government over immigration enforcement. Ossoff, up for re-election in 2026, was among 12 Democrats who broke with their party to back it; immigrant-rights groups criticized the detention-without-conviction standard and due-process concerns.

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Resolutions to Block Arms Sales to Israel

S.J.Res. / S.Res. · 118th–119th Congress

YES (in part)

Dates / Votes: Nov 20, 2024 — Ossoff voted yes to block sales of tank shells and high-explosive mortar rounds (resolutions failed 18–79, 19–78, 17–80). July 2025 — voted yes to disapprove a rifle sale (S.Res. 41), no on air-to-ground munitions (S.Res. 34).
Status: All resolutions failed; arms sales proceeded

Impact on Everyday Americans

These resolutions sought to block specific U.S. weapons transfers to Israel during the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Ossoff, who is Jewish, supported several of them — a notable break from longstanding bipartisan pro-Israel consensus. In response, AIPAC launched a six-figure digital ad campaign attacking Ossoff and other senators who voted for the measures.

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Inflation Reduction Act

H.R. 5376 · 117th Congress

YES

Date: Senate passage August 7, 2022 (51–50, Vice President breaking the tie)
Status: Became law, signed August 16, 2022

Impact on Everyday Americans

Let Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices, capped insulin at $35/month for Medicare enrollees, extended ACA premium subsidies, and funded clean-energy investment — direct savings for lower- and middle-income households and seniors. Ossoff voted yes; every Senate Republican voted no.

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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

H.R. 3684 · 117th Congress

YES

Date: Senate passage August 10, 2021 (69–30, bipartisan)
Status: Became law, signed November 15, 2021

Impact on Everyday Americans

Funds roads, bridges, broadband, and water-system replacement. Georgia was set to receive billions, and Ossoff's office has credited the law with upgrades to Georgia roads, ports, airports, water systems, and broadband access. He voted yes; his Georgia House counterpart, Austin Scott, voted no.

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American Rescue Plan Act

H.R. 1319 · 117th Congress

YES

Date: Senate passage March 6, 2021 (50–49, party-line)
Status: Became law, signed March 11, 2021

Impact on Everyday Americans

Delivered $1,400 stimulus checks, expanded unemployment benefits, and a one-year Child Tax Credit expansion credited with helping cut child poverty nearly in half in 2021. One of the first major votes of Ossoff's term; he voted yes with all Senate Democrats. Republicans argued it fueled inflation.

Sources

Congress.gov H.R.1319

Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

S. 2938 · 117th Congress

YES

Date: Senate passage June 23, 2022 (65–33) — all 50 Democrats plus 15 Republicans
Status: Became law, signed June 25, 2022

Impact on Everyday Americans

The first major federal gun-safety law in nearly 30 years: enhanced background checks for buyers under 21, funding for state red-flag laws, closure of the "boyfriend loophole," and mental-health and school-safety money. Ossoff voted yes with the full Democratic caucus.

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Respect for Marriage Act

H.R. 8404 · 117th Congress

YES

Date: Senate passage November 29, 2022 (61–36, bipartisan)
Status: Became law, signed December 13, 2022

Impact on Everyday Americans

Codified federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages. Ossoff voted yes; his Georgia House counterpart, Austin Scott, voted no.

Sources

Human Rights Campaign

CHIPS and Science Act

H.R. 4346 · 117th Congress

YES

Date: Senate passage July 27, 2022 (64–33, bipartisan)
Status: Became law, signed August 9, 2022

Impact on Everyday Americans

Subsidized domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research to reduce reliance on foreign chips and lower the supply-chain shocks that drove up prices on cars and electronics. Ossoff's office credits the law with delivering $75 million to strengthen chip production in Georgia.

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Ossoff four-year report

Honoring our PACT Act

S. 3373 · 117th Congress

YES

Date: Senate passage August 2, 2022 (86–11, bipartisan)
Status: Became law, signed August 10, 2022

Impact on Everyday Americans

Expanded VA health care and benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and other hazards. Ossoff voted yes; the 11 no votes were all Republicans.

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Congress.gov S.3373

Constituent Access

Town Halls

Open public forums with constituents · review period 2021–2025

Ossoff holds open, in-person town halls — and maintains a standing "Town Hall" page and mobile constituent-services program on his official Senate site. That is a documented contrast with some Georgia members who have avoided open forums.

Documented Record

April 25, 2025 — Cobb Civic Center, Marietta. An open, in-person constituent town hall drawing roughly 300 attendees, running just over an hour with about 40 minutes of audience questions. Much of the room raised the Trump administration's cuts to the CDC (headquartered in Atlanta), USAID, NIH, and the Department of Education; laid-off CDC staff pressed Ossoff on getting their jobs back. Asked about impeachment, Ossoff said he "strongly" agrees the president's conduct warrants it, while noting the GOP-controlled House made it unlikely.
Ongoing — "Constituent Services in Your Community." Ossoff's office runs mobile casework events around the state and lists town-hall and constituent-service information publicly on his Senate website.

Verified against Georgia Public Broadcasting, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia Recorder, CNN, and Ossoff's official Senate site (April 2025). This is not an exhaustive list of every event; it documents that open public town halls occurred within the review period.

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Campaign Finance

2025–26 cycle · Federal Election Commission

Raised$60.4M

Spent$32.9M

Cash on Hand$32.5M

Jon Ossoff raised $60M+ this cycle, overwhelmingly small-dollar. His largest committee contributors are joint fundraising committees — his own fundraising apparatus — and Democratic-aligned funds, not corporate PACs. It's a grassroots money profile.

Pinned — AIPAC Money

$0 this cycle

AIPAC's FEC disbursement filings report no contributions or earmarked donor money to this campaign in the 2025–26 cycle.

Top PAC & Committee Contributors

Note: for a large Senate campaign, the top committee contributors are mostly joint fundraising committees (vehicles that bundle individual donations), not external interest-group PACs.

#	Contributor	Amount
1	Ossoff Victory Fund	$4,945,244
2	Ossoff Schiff Victory Fund	$322,000
3	Peaches & Peaks Victory Fund	$135,000
4	Van Hollen Ossoff Victory Fund	$125,298
5	Justice 2026	$96,468
6	Georgia Senate Victory 2026	$72,000
7	Liftoff Fund	$70,669
8	Blue Senate 2026	$42,139
9	Cooper Ossoff Victory Fund	$38,500
10	Blue Senate Candidate Fund	$22,300

Source: Federal Election Commission, 2025–26 cycle. Direct PAC contributions and committee transfers only — individual donors, earmarked conduit pass-throughs, refunds, and loans are excluded. Figures auto-pulled from FEC filings.

Sources

FEC — candidate profile & filings

Verification Resources

Vote positions verified against Senate roll calls, the member's own statements, and reporting. Impact summaries are factual; "most consequential" and impact framings involve value judgments. Campaign-finance figures are drawn directly from the candidate's FEC filings for the 2025–26 cycle.

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