Joe Manchin III, Senator for West Virginia

Manchin is the senior senator from West Virginia and is a Democrat. He has served since Nov 15, 2010. Manchin is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025.

Manchin has cosponsored 2 bills introduced in the current Congress by Republican legislators who fomented the terrorist attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 by calling for entire states to be disenfranchised in the 2020 presidential election.

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 Jun 17, 2021. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 70% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 54% League of Conservation Voters: 49% Human Rights Campaign: 48% American Civil Liberties Union: 23% The Club for Growth: 22% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D

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 and 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 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 13 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 (28%) Armed Forces and National Security (22%) Energy (13%) Science, Technology, Communications (11%) Labor and Employment (8%) Education (6%) Government Operations and Politics (6%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Manchin voted Yea

On the Nomination PN1920: Toby Crouse, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for the District of Kansas

Nomination Confirmed 50/43 on Nov 17, 2020.

Manchin voted Yea

On the Nomination PN256: Allen Cothrel Winsor, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of ...

Nomination Confirmed 54/44 on Jun 19, 2019.

Manchin voted Yea

On the Nomination PN226: Stephen R. Clark, Sr., of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District ...

Nomination Confirmed 53/45 on May 22, 2019.

Manchin voted Yea

H.J.Res. 31: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019

Conference Report Agreed to 83/16 on Feb 14, 2019.

This bill, in its final form, funded the parts of the federal government whose funding was to lapse on February 15, 2019. On December 22, ...

Manchin voted Yea

On the Nomination PN30: Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General

Nomination Confirmed 52/47 on Feb 8, 2017.

Manchin voted Yea

H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017

Bill Passed 72/26 on Sep 28, 2016.

The Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act (H.R. 5325) is an appropriations ...

Manchin voted Nay

H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act

Motion Agreed to 60/38 on Jun 24, 2015.

This was the Senate's final vote on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally ...

Manchin voted Nay

H.R. 1314: Trade Act of 2015

Bill Passed 62/37 on May 22, 2015.

This vote turned what was a bill regarding administrative appeals of IRS determinations into the Trade Act of 2015, which included Trade Promotion Authority for ...

Manchin voted Nay

H.R. 5771 (113th): Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014

Bill Passed 76/16 on Dec 16, 2014.

Manchin voted Nay

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Joint Resolution Passed 78/22 on Sep 18, 2014.

Manchin voted Yea

H.R. 4853 (111th): Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010

Motion Agreed to 81/19 on Dec 15, 2010.

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (Pub.L. 111–312, H.R. 4853, 124 Stat. 3296, enacted December 17, 2010), also known ...

Missed Votes

From Nov 2010 to Jun 2021, Manchin missed 55 of 3,255 roll call votes, which is 1.7%. This is on par with the median of 1.6% 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2010 Nov-Dec	51	5	9.8%	92^nd
2011 Jan-Mar	46	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	1	1.7%	30^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	2	2.4%	62^nd
2012 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	0	0.0%	0^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	1	1.1%	66^th
2013 Apr-Jun	76	3	3.9%	75^th
2013 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	1	1.2%	56^th
2014 Jan-Mar	93	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	123	8	6.5%	73^rd
2014 Jul-Sep	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	96	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	135	5	3.7%	89^th
2015 Apr-Jun	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	52	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	67	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Apr-Jun	79	4	5.1%	84^th
2016 Jul-Sep	34	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Nov-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	101	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Apr-Jun	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	53	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	117	1	0.9%	57^th
2018 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Jun	80	3	3.8%	80^th
2018 Jul-Sep	75	1	1.3%	46^th
2018 Oct-Dec	56	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Jan-Mar	54	3	5.6%	81^st
2019 Apr-Jun	135	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Jul-Sep	124	2	1.6%	59^th
2019 Oct-Dec	115	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jan-Mar	80	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 May-Jun	48	1	2.1%	54^th
2020 Jul-Sep	71	1	1.4%	50^th
2020 Oct-Dec	90	7	7.8%	77^th
2021 Jan-Jan	2	0	0.0%	0^th
2021 Jan-Mar	142	0	0.0%	0^th
2021 Apr-Jun	99	6	6.1%	81^st

Primary Sources

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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

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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