Sen. Lamar Alexander

State:: Tennessee
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2003-2015	Senator	Tennessee

Track Him

Official Website: http://www.alexander.senate.gov
@senalexander

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Sponsorship Analysis

Alexander is a centrist Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Alexander 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

Lamar Alexander sits on the following committees:

Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Children and Families
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
- Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Department of Defense
- Member, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy
- Member, Subcommittee on National Parks
- Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2003 to May 2013, Alexander missed 87 of 3,298 roll call votes, which is 2.6%. 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
2003 Jan-Mar	112	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	150	2	1.3%	50^th
2003 Jul-Sep	108	4	3.7%	85^th
2003 Oct-Nov	89	4	4.5%	85^th
2004 Jan-Mar	64	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Apr-Jun	88	2	2.3%	73^rd
2004 Jul-Sep	42	1	2.4%	60^th
2004 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	3	3.4%	76^th
2005 Jul-Sep	76	2	2.6%	64^th
2005 Oct-Dec	120	10	8.3%	96^th
2006 Jan-Mar	83	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	3	2.4%	69^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	4	3.4%	75^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	2	2.4%	64^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	2	2.4%	68^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	13	16.9%	96^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	4	8.5%	79^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	1	16.7%	89^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	1	0.8%	57^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	1	1.0%	43^rd
2009 Jul-Sep	89	3	3.4%	84^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	1	0.9%	45^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	1	1.0%	38^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	3	5.9%	81^st
2011 Jan-Mar	46	2	4.3%	71^st
2011 Apr-Jun	58	1	1.7%	28^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	1	2.0%	50^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	2	3.2%	80^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	4	3.7%	87^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	6	12.0%	90^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	2	2.2%	76^th
2013 Apr-May	47	2	4.3%	77^th