Sen. Joe Manchin III

State:: West Virginia
Seniority:: Junior
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
2010-2019	Senator, West Virginia

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Sponsorship Analysis

Manchin is a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Manchin’s bills have had a total of 138 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Manchin 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

Joe Manchin III sits on the following committees:

Senate Committee on Armed Services
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Airland
- Member, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- Member, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy
- Member, Subcommittee on Water and Power
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Economic Policy
- Member, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
- Member, Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance
Senate Special Committee on Aging

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Nov 2010 to Mar 2014, Manchin missed 13 of 888 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. This is better than the median of 1.8% 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
2010 Nov-Dec	51	5	9.8%	90^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	2	2.4%	58^th
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%	55^th
2013 Apr-Jun	76	3	3.9%	67^th
2013 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	1	1.3%	44^th
2014 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th

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
GPO Member Guide for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Mar 06, 2014 11:20 a.m.