Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

State:: Rhode Island
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2007-2019	Senator	Rhode Island

Track Him

Official Website: http://www.whitehouse.senate.gov
@SenWhitehouse

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Sponsorship Analysis

Whitehouse is a far-left Democratic leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Whitehouse 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

Sheldon Whitehouse sits on the following committees:

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight
- Member, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
- Member, Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
- Member, Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts
- Member, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Senate Committee on the Budget
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Member, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
- Member, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
Senate Special Committee on Aging
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2007 to Jun 2013, Whitehouse missed 23 of 1,992 roll call votes, which is 1.2%. This is better than the median of 1.7% 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
2007 Jan-Mar	126	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	1	0.9%	38^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	1	0.8%	25^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	1	1.3%	26^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	10	10.4%	94^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	2	2.1%	68^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	1	1.0%	38^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	1	1.7%	28^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	1	0.9%	45^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	1	3.6%	55^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	3	3.3%	89^th
2013 Apr-Jun	61	1	1.6%	34^th