Jim Banks

Jim Banks
U.S. Senator from Indiana From: January 3, 2025
Predecessor	Mike Braun
Successor	Incumbent (no successor)
Former U.S. Representative from Indiana's 3rd Congressional District From: January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2025
Predecessor	Marlin Stutzman
Successor	Marlin Stutzman
Information
Party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Amanda Izsak
Religion	Presbyterian
Military Service
Allegiance	Unites States
Service/branch	United States Navy
Service Years	2012–2016
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	Navy Supply Corps
Battles/wars	Afghan War

James Edward “Jim” Banks (born July 16, 1979) is a Republican U.S. Representative from Indiana and Senator-elect from Indiana.

On January 15, 2021, Representative Banks introduced the Save Democracy Act, which is designed to reduce electoral fraud by requiring the following in federal elections:

• no ballot harvesting
• voter citizenship verification
• no automatic voter registration
• no mailing of unrequested absentee ballots
• voter ID for in-person voting
• no allowance of ballots received after Election Day
• ballot counting must continue uninterrupted until completion, and other protections for counting votes

Banks is known to have a hawkish track record like when he voted to restrict Trump's withdrawal from Afghanistan

Some argue that on November 30, 2021, Banks exposed himself as a RINO when he voted in favor of H.R.550, which would provide grants to state vaccination databases to help them meet "federal standards".[1][2] The bill gives the Secretary of Health and Human Services the right to unilaterally impose such "federal standards", with priority given to standards developed by "consensus-based organizations."[3] This in turn can potentially be used to justify both future corruption within and future abuses of power by the Department in relations to vaccinations, and perhaps even serve as a framework for the creation of a federal vaccination database. However, the bill is not a database.