Sen. Patrick “Pat” Toomey

State:: Pennsylvania
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2011-2017	Senator	Pennsylvania
1999-2004	Representative	Pennsylvania's 15^th District

Track Him

Official Website: http://www.toomey.senate.gov
@SenToomey

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Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Toomey 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

Patrick “Pat” Toomey sits on the following committees:

Joint Economic Committee
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
- Member, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
- Member, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
Senate Committee on the Budget
Senate Committee on Finance
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy
- Member, Subcommittee on Health Care
- Member, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2011 to May 2013, Toomey missed 11 of 613 roll call votes, which is 1.8%. 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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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2011 Jan-Mar	46	1	2.2%	54^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	2	3.4%	62^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	49	1	2.0%	50^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	1	1.2%	41^st
2012 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	4	3.7%	87^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	2	2.2%	76^th
2013 Apr-May	35	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

Recent Legislative Activity

Vote

On the Nomination PN193: Ernest J. Moniz, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Energy

Nomination Confirmed 97/0

Sen. Toomey [R-PA]: Yea

May 16, 2013 1:51 p.m.

Introduced

S. 984: A bill to prohibit the use of funds for United States participation in joint military exercises with Egypt if the Government of Egypt abrogates, terminates, or withdraws from the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty.

Sponsor: Sen. Patrick “Pat” Toomey [R-PA]

This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on May 16, 2013. It will typically be considered by committee next.

May 16, 2013

Vote

On the Nomination PN138: Marilyn B. Tavenner, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Nomination Confirmed 91/7

Sen. Toomey [R-PA]: Yea

May 15, 2013 5:03 p.m.

Vote

On the Nomination PN24: William H. Orrick, III, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California

Nomination Confirmed 56/41

Sen. Toomey [R-PA]: Nay

May 15, 2013 4:38 p.m.

Vote

S. 601: Water Resources Development Act of 2013

Bill Passed 83/14

Sen. Toomey [R-PA]: Yea

May 15, 2013 11:51 a.m.