Sen. David Vitter

State:: Louisiana
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2005-2017	Senator	Louisiana
1999-2004	Representative	Louisiana's 1^st District

Track Him

Official Website: http://www.vitter.senate.gov

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Sponsorship Analysis

Vitter is a rank-and-file Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

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

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

David Vitter sits on the following committees:

Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Oversight
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
Senate Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- Member, Subcommittee on SeaPower
- Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Economic Policy
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
- Member, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2005 to May 2013, Vitter missed 144 of 2,623 roll call votes, which is 5.5%. This is worse than the median of 1.8% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	80^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jul-Sep	76	13	17.1%	91^st
2005 Oct-Dec	120	5	4.2%	80^th
2006 Jan-Mar	83	1	1.2%	46^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	2	1.9%	57^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	1	1.4%	63^rd
2006 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	3	2.4%	69^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	9	8.0%	88^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	8	6.7%	91^st
2007 Oct-Dec	85	2	2.4%	64^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	2	2.4%	68^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	1	1.3%	26^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	4	8.5%	79^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	3	2.5%	84^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	3	3.1%	72^nd
2009 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	58^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	2	2.1%	68^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	3	2.8%	75^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	10	10.4%	94^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	12	27.3%	97^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	5	9.8%	90^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	2	4.3%	71^st
2011 Apr-Jun	58	9	15.5%	97^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	3	6.1%	81^st
2011 Oct-Dec	82	4	4.9%	83^rd
2012 Jan-Mar	63	5	7.9%	92^nd
2012 Apr-Jun	109	6	5.5%	92^nd
2012 Jul-Sep	28	8	28.6%	95^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	3	6.0%	75^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	8	8.7%	96^th
2013 Apr-May	47	4	8.5%	89^th