Sen. Claire McCaskill

Sponsorship Analysis

McCaskill is a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare McCaskill to other members of the Senate on leadership and ideology.

Committee Membership

Claire McCaskill sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
  • Member, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
  • Member, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight
  • Member, Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
  • Member, Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal Workforce
• Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • Member, Subcommittee on Airland
  • Member, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
  • Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
• Senate Special Committee on Aging

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of McCaskill’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• S. 986: A bill to prohibit performance awards in the Senior Executive Service during sequestration ...
• S. 964: A bill to require a comprehensive review of the adequacy of the training, ...
• S.Res. 121: A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2013, as “Silver ...
• S. 838: Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act
• S. 808: A bill to establish the Office of the Inspector General of the Senate.
• S. 807: Plain Writing Act for Regulations of 2013
• S. 790: Temporary Duty Suspension Process Act of 2013

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Voting Record

From Jan 2007 to May 2013, McCaskill missed 50 of 1,967 roll call votes, which is 2.5%. This is worse than the median of 1.6% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills