Sen. John Thune

State:: South Dakota
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2005-2017	Senator	South Dakota
1997-2002	Representative	South Dakota's At-Large District

Track Him

Official Website: http://www.thune.senate.gov
@senjohnthune

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Sponsorship Analysis

Thune is a moderate Republican leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Thune 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

John Thune sits on the following committees:

Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Science and Space
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Member, Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation
- Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research
Senate Committee on Finance
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
- Member, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2005 to May 2013, Thune missed 37 of 2,612 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is better 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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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	6	6.7%	93^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	76	8	10.5%	89^th
2005 Oct-Dec	120	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jan-Mar	83	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	3	2.8%	72^nd
2006 Jul-Sep	73	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	2	1.7%	48^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	1	1.2%	46^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	1	2.1%	35^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	2	1.9%	61^st
2010 Apr-Jun	96	2	2.1%	58^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	1	2.3%	55^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	2	2.4%	58^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	8	12.7%	97^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	1	0.9%	45^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-May	36	0	0.0%	0^th

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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

May 16, 2013 1:51 p.m.