John Cornyn
American politician and attorney
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| November 13 2024 | In a closed-door Republican caucus election with secret ballot, John Cornyn lost the Senate Majority Leader race to John Thune on the second ballot, with a vote of 24-29. |
| November 12 2024 | Senator Mike Lee hosted a candidates forum for the Senate Majority Leader position, with Cornyn as one of three candidates alongside Rick Scott and John Thune. |
| February 2024 | John Cornyn announced his candidacy to run for Republican leader following Mitch McConnell's decision to step down at the end of the year. |
| 2023 | The Lugar Center ranked Cornyn fifth among senators for bipartisanship, indicating a notable shift towards more collaborative legislative approach. |
| 2022 | During Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Cornyn expressed support for state governments having the power to ban same-sex marriage. |
| 2022 | Became one of ten Republican senators to support a bipartisan gun control agreement, including red flag provisions, state crisis intervention orders, and enhanced background checks for buyers under 21. |
| 2022 | Received an 'A+' rating from the NRA Political Victory Fund. |
| 2022 | Initially opposed further gun control measures following the Robb Elementary School shooting. |
| June 25 2022 | After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Cornyn tweeted a controversial response suggesting potential reconsideration of Brown v. Board of Education, which was interpreted by some, including Representative Joaquin Castro, as potentially supporting school segregation. |
| 2021 | Cornyn accused President Biden of dividing the country after Biden reversed Trump's ban on transgender troops serving in the military. |
| 2021 | John Cornyn helped Senate Republicans filibuster national election reform legislation, opposing the bill which he characterized as a 'politically-motivated federal takeover of our elections'. |
| May 28 2021 | Voted against creating an independent commission to investigate the January 6 United States Capitol attack. |
| 2020 | Re-elected to the U.S. Senate for another term. |
| 2020 | Cornyn set a new record by receiving 5,962,983 votes, the highest number of votes ever for a Republican Senate candidate, breaking the previous record set by Pete Wilson of California in 1988. |
| October 2020 | Began distancing himself from Trump, claiming he never supported the border wall resource diversion. |
| September 2020 | Cornyn supported a vote on Trump's nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death. |
| June 2020 | Defended Trump's claim of not being briefed on Russian Taliban bounty reports. |
| April 2020 | Challenged climate scientists' models, claiming they do not use the 'scientific method' in assessing climate change effects. |
| March 18 2020 | Made controversial comments blaming COVID-19 pandemic on Chinese cultural practices, which were criticized by Democrats and Asian American organizations. |
| 2019 | Commented on Alabama's strict abortion law, characterizing it as a 'state issue' when asked about the law's provisions prohibiting abortions even in cases of rape or incest. |
| September 2019 | Voted again to ratify Trump's maneuver to divert Pentagon resources for border wall construction. |
| May 2019 | Stated the importance of addressing climate change while criticizing the Green New Deal proposed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. |
| March 2019 | Voted to ratify Trump's maneuver to divert Pentagon resources for border wall construction. |
| February 24 2019 | Cornyn tweeted a quote from Benito Mussolini critiquing centralized power and democratic socialism, drawing attention for quoting a fascist leader. |
| December 2018 | Cornyn supported U.S. involvement in the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen, stating that the U.S. should stand with Saudi Arabia despite the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. |
| September 2018 | During Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination hearings, Cornyn accused Democrats of 'mob rule' and criticized their requests for document review and hearing postponement. |
| August 2018 | Cornyn urged the Trump administration to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Act against Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. |
| April 2018 | Cornyn was one of eight Republican senators to sign a letter to the Treasury Secretary and acting Secretary of State expressing concern over a UN report about North Korean sanctions evasion. |
| January 2018 | Signed a letter with 35 other Republican senators urging Trump to preserve and modernize NAFTA for the 21st-century economy. |
| 2017 | Collaborated with Democrats to pass legislation creating a universal cross-agency database for reporting and recording gun purchases. |
| 2017 | Supported the House of Representatives' bill on Concealed Carry Reciprocity, attaching it to Senate's Fix NICS gun control measures. |
| 2017 | Cornyn played a leading role in Republican attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. |
| June 8 2017 | During a committee hearing on Russian election interference, Cornyn instead focused on questioning James Comey about Hillary Clinton's email controversy. |
| February 2016 | After Justice Antonin Scalia's death, Cornyn publicly opposed Obama's potential Supreme Court nominee, arguing that the vacancy should be filled by the winner of the upcoming presidential election. |
| 2015 | Political scientists John M. Sides and Daniel J. Hopkins characterized Cornyn as 'very conservative' in their political analysis. |
| March 2015 | As Majority Whip, Cornyn filed a resolution welcoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of Congress, which was co-sponsored only by Republicans. |
| 2014 | Cornyn was reelected to the U.S. Senate, raising $14 million and outspending his Democratic opponent David Alameel by nearly 3-1. He won the general election by over 20 percentage points. |
| 2014 | Cornyn was named Senate Majority Whip after Republicans gained a Senate majority in the election. |
| 2014 | Received an 'A+' rating from the NRA Political Victory Fund for his gun rights positions. |
| March 2014 | John Cornyn won the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate election with 59% of the vote, defeating Houston-area congressman Steve Stockman. |
| January 2014 | Introduced the 'Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act', a bill proposing interstate reciprocity for concealed weapons permits. |
| 2013 | National Journal ranked John Cornyn as the 14th-most conservative Senator, highlighting his strong conservative political positioning. |
| 2013 | Cornyn stated that the Pentagon would see its budget increase, despite the sequester. |
| 2013 | Cornyn criticized Senator Ted Cruz's efforts to defund the Affordable Care Act, calling the strategy of threatening to default on U.S. government debt obligations 'unachievable'. |
| 2012 | Cornyn criticized President Obama for announcing support for same-sex marriage, accusing him of trying to 'divide the country'. |
| November 14 2012 | John Cornyn was elected Senate Minority Whip by his Republican peers. |
| 2010 | Cornyn voted against the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, further expressing his stance against healthcare reform. |
| December 2010 | Cornyn was one of 26 senators who voted against the ratification of New Start, a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia. |
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