Robert B. Aderholt

Overview

Robert B. Aderholt is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama with a substantial voting record of 724 recorded votes. His record shows strong and consistent support for legislation in several areas: environment and energy bills (94.3% yea), criminal justice measures (92.3% yea), technology legislation (80% yea), and infrastructure proposals (80% yea). He also shows reliable support for education, housing, taxation, and immigration-related bills. His voting patterns in healthcare tell a more nuanced story. With 152 healthcare votes — his second-largest category — he voted yea 57.9% of the time, suggesting he is selective about which healthcare proposals he supports. His recent healthcare votes show he opposed motions to recommit on bills like the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act while supporting procedural votes to advance healthcare legislation to the floor. On foreign policy and defense, Aderholt shows a pattern of supporting a strong military posture. He voted against War Powers Resolution measures that would have directed the removal of U.S. Armed Forces from Lebanon, and he supported the majority of defense-related legislation that came before him. His foreign policy votes, however, skew more toward opposition, with only 36.4% yea votes across 11 recorded votes in that category. Aderholt's record on labor and reproductive rights legislation shows consistent opposition — he voted against the majority of labor bills and cast a nay vote on the one reproductive rights measure in his record. His Social Security votes are evenly split at 50%, indicating he evaluates those proposals on a case-by-case basis rather than following a fixed pattern.

Key Positions

• •Strongly supports environment and energy legislation, voting yea on 94.3% of 35 recorded votes in this category — one of the highest support rates across all his policy areas.
• •Consistently backs criminal justice measures, supporting 92.3% of bills in this category with no recorded nay votes among his 13 criminal justice votes.
• •Selective on healthcare policy despite it being one of his most-voted categories; his 57.9% yea rate on 152 healthcare votes indicates he supports some proposals while opposing others, including voting against motions to recommit on the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act.
• •Favors a strong U.S. military presence abroad, voting against multiple War Powers Resolution measures that would have directed the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Lebanon.
• •Opposes most labor-related legislation, voting nay on 4 out of 6 labor bills in his record.
• •Generally supports budget and appropriations measures at a 70.1% rate, including voting yea on the fiscal year 2027 congressional budget resolution.
• •Voted nay on the sole reproductive rights measure in his record.
• •Shows mixed positions on Social Security, splitting evenly with 4 yea and 4 nay votes across 8 recorded votes.