Sen. John Barrasso

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Barrasso has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Barrasso is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

John Barrasso sits on the following committees:

• Chairman, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
  • Member, Subcommittee on National Parks
  • Member, Subcommittee on Water and Power
• Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy
  • Member, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy
  • Member, Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation
• Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

Bills Sponsored

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

• S. 593: A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress ...
• S.Con.Res. 4: A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
• S. 544: A bill to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating ...
• S. 438: IRRIGATE Act
• S. 411: Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act
• S.Res. 49: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
• S. 286: Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2015

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Voting Record

From Jun 2007 to Feb 2015, Barrasso missed 16 of 2,328 roll call votes, which is 0.7%. This is better than the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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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