1. James Edward Banks was born on July 16,1979 and is an American politician and naval officer serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Indiana.
41 Facts About Jim Banks
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In 2016, Jim Banks was elected to the US House of Representatives.
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Jim Banks was born on July 16,1979, in Columbia City, Indiana.
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Jim Banks worked in the real estate and construction industry in Fort Wayne, Indiana, before serving in elected office.
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Jim Banks serves in the United States Navy Reserve as a Supply Corps officer.
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From 2008 to 2010, Jim Banks represented the at-large district on the Whitley County Council.
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Jim Banks won the primary after defeating incumbent county councilman Scott Darley.
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Jim Banks chaired the Whitley County Republican Party from 2007 to 2011.
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Jim Banks addressed the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference in 2014 after he was selected as one of their Top 10 Conservatives Under 40.
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In 2010, Jim Banks was elected to represent the 17th district in the State Senate.
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Jim Banks returned to Indiana from overseas duty on April 14,2015, and resumed his duties as state senator on May 8.
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On May 12,2015, Jim Banks announced his candidacy for Congress.
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Jim Banks is a member of the Republican Study Committee.
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In December 2017, Jim Banks joined representatives Ron DeSantis, Scott Perry, and Robert Pittenger in co-signing a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson requesting that Tillerson release a classified counterterrorism agreement with Qatar.
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In January 2020, Jim Banks faced backlash after saying that remarks by Representative Ilhan Omar about her experiences with post-traumatic stress disorder were "offensive to our nation's veterans".
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Jim Banks later objected to the certification of the election results.
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In October 2021, Representative Liz Cheney, vice chair of the January 6 Select Committee, revealed that Jim Banks had been sending letters to federal agencies, claiming to be the committee's ranking member even though he had been rejected from it.
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In one September 2021 letter, Jim Banks requested that the Department of the Interior give him information it had sent the committee.
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Jim Banks wrote, "Pelosi refused to allow me to fulfill my duties as Ranking Member" and signed the letter as "Ranking Member", which he was not.
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Also in October 2021, Business Insider reported that Jim Banks had violated the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, a federal transparency and conflict-of-interest law, by failing to properly disclose sales of stock in Kroger, Roblox, and Starbucks worth up to $45,000.
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Shortly after Republicans retook control of the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections, Jim Banks ran for the position of Majority Whip, the third highest ranking position in the Republican caucus.
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In May 2023, Jim Banks co-sponsored a resolution by Marjorie Taylor Greene to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
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Jim Banks supported repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.
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Jim Banks voted for the American Health Care Act of 2017 on May 4,2017.
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Jim Banks opposes single-payer healthcare, which he claims would cost taxpayers $32 trillion.
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Jim Banks criticized President Biden's immigration policy and called on him to reinstate Trump-era policies.
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In December 2017, Jim Banks voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
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In 2020, Jim Banks voted against the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
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Jim Banks long opposed Roe v Wade, and praised Dobbs, the 2022 decision that overturned it.
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In 2023, Jim Banks voted for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.
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Jim Banks opposes federal funding of abortions, as well as Planned Parenthood.
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Jim Banks has called banning transgender people from serving in the military an "emotional issue" due to Americans' polarized views on gender and the government's role in those issues.
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In 2022, Jim Banks was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.
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Jim Banks voted to provide Israel with support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
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In 2023, Jim Banks voted for a moratorium on aid to Ukraine.
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In 2023, Jim Banks was among 98 Republicans to vote for a ban on cluster munitions to Ukraine.
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In December 2024, Jim Banks announced his intention to steer Republican policy toward a more pro-worker and pro-American-industry stance, as outlined in his memo "Working Families First".
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Jim Banks's suggested policy changes include expanding access to apprenticeships and technical training and increasing opportunities through Pell Grants to prepare people for the workforce.
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Jim Banks emphasizes the need for Republicans not to take America's working population for granted.
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On January 17,2023, Jim Banks announced his candidacy for the United States Senate in 2024 in a tweet.
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Jim Banks was endorsed by Donald Trump and won the general election.