Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Sasse has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Sasse is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Sasse for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Benjamin Sasse sits on the following committees:
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Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing and Agriculture Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, and Agricultural Research
- Joint Economic Committee
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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Economic Policy
- Member, Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance
- Member, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management
- Member, Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
- Member, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management
- Senate Special Committee on Aging
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Sasse sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (50%) Government Operations and Politics (50%)
Recent Bills
Some of Sasse’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 3311: CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016
- S. 2849: GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2016
- S. 2803: Taxpayers Before Insurers Act
- S.Con.Res. 33: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that those who commit or ...
- S. 2128: Inspector General Mandates Reporting Act of 2015
- S. 2066: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- S. 748: Amnesty Bonuses Elimination Act
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Voting Record
From Jan 2015 to Sep 2016, Sasse missed 5 of 484 roll call votes, which is 1.0%. 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.
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
- Sen. Ben Sasse's Senate office for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills