Sen. Joe Manchin III

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 Report Card for Manchin.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Manchin is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Manchin has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 16, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Joe Manchin III sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Chair
  Energy, National Parks, Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, Water and Power subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • Cybersecurity subcommittee Chair

  Airland, Strategic Forces subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Enacted Legislation

Manchin was the primary sponsor of 14 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• S. 2377: Energy Infrastructure Act
• S. 2066: INSULATE Buildings Act of 2021
• S. 3147 (116th): Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2019
• S. 3374 (116th): Protecting Jessica Grubb’s Legacy Act
• S. 2995 (116th): Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2019
• S. 2788 (116th): Bipartisan American Miners Act of 2019
• S. 1201 (116th): EFFECT Act of 2019

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Does 14 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Manchin sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (33%) Armed Forces and National Security (18%) Energy (14%) Science, Technology, Communications (11%) Labor and Employment (7%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%) Sports and Recreation (6%) Taxation (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Manchin recently introduced the following legislation:

• S.Res. 598: A resolution congratulating the Glenville State University women’s basketball team for winning the …
• S.Res. 595: A resolution designating the week of April 18 through April 24, 2022, as …
• S. 4064: International Nuclear Energy Act of 2022
• S. 3994: Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act of 2022
• S. 3757: Ban Russian Energy Imports Act
• S. 3699: Department of Energy Science for the Future Act of 2022
• S. 3645: PIPES Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Nov 2010 to May 2022, Manchin missed 84 of 3,719 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of senators 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.

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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
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills