Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Thune 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). Thune is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Thune for more statistics.
Committee Membership
John Thune sits on the following committees:
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Chairman,
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security
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Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Member, Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management and Trade
- Member, Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing and Agriculture Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy
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Senate Committee on Finance
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
- Member, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Thune sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (24%) Health (20%) Transportation and Public Works (17%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (11%) Science, Technology, Communications (10%) Environmental Protection (7%) Armed Forces and National Security (6%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Thune’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 3395: A bill to require limitations on prescribed burns.
- S. 3379: Surface Transportation and Maritime Security Act
- S. 3304: No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered Act
- S. 3254: Spearfish Canyon and Bismarck Lake Land Exchange Act
- S. 3173: EHR Regulatory Relief Act
- S. 3181: S Corporation Modernization Act of 2016
- S. 3129: A bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision ...
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Voting Record
From Jan 2005 to Sep 2016, Thune missed 45 of 3,631 roll call votes, which is 1.2%. This is on par with the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills