Barrasso is the senior senator from Wyoming and is a Republican. He has served since Jun 25, 2007. Barrasso is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 70 years old.
![Photo of Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]](/static/legislator-photos/412251-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 Report Card for Barrasso.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Barrasso 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 Barrasso has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 24, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Barrasso was the primary sponsor of 19 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 4978 (117th): State Offices of Rural Health Program Reauthorization Act of 2022
- S. 4555: Japanese American World War II History Network Act
- S. 3051 (116th): America’s Conservation Enhancement Act
- S. 4694 (116th): Russian Suspension Agreement Extension Act of 2020
- S. 990 (116th): Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Extension Act
- S. 2194 (116th): PREDATORS Act
- S. 383 (116th): USE IT Act
Does 19 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
Barrasso sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Energy (24%) Health (17%) Environmental Protection (15%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (12%) International Affairs (10%) Water Resources Development (8%) Taxation (8%) Animals (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Barrasso recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 64: A bill to prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use …
- S. 31: A bill to provide for the development and issuance of a plan to …
- S. 11: SAFER Act of 2023
- S. 5249 (117th): Preserving Patient Access to Value-Based Care Act
- S. 5017: Repealing the Ill-Conceived and Problematic (RIP) Book Minimum Tax Act
- S. 5037: Ending China’s Unfair Advantage Act of 2022
- S. 4978 (117th): State Offices of Rural Health Program Reauthorization Act of 2022
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jun 2007 to Dec 2022, Barrasso missed 113 of 5,039 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% 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, major life events, and running for higher office.
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
