![Photo of Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO8]](/static/legislator-photos/412596-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Smith.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Smith is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Smith has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Nov 8, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Jason Smith sits on the following committees:
- House Committee on the Budget
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House Committee on Ways and Means
- Member, Subcommittee on Trade
Enacted Legislation
Smith was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Smith sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (52%) Health (20%) Government Operations and Politics (10%) Environmental Protection (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Smith’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4849: Upward Mobility Enhancement Act
- H.Res. 596: Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 1027: Fairness for Every Driver Act
- H.R. 621: Student Empowerment Act
- H.R. 218: Death Tax Repeal Act
- H.R. 216: Main Street Tax Certainty Act
- H.R. 219: No Abortion Bonds Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jun 2013 to Oct 2019, Smith missed 48 of 4,151 roll call votes, which is 1.2%. This is better than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Office of Jason Smith for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
