Sen. Jon Tester

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Tester 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). Tester is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Tester for more statistics.

Committee Membership

Jon Tester sits on the following committees:

• Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Department of Defense
  • Member, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
• Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
  • Member, Subcommittee on Economic Policy
  • Member, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
  • Member, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  • Member, Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
  • Member, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management
• Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Tester sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (34%) Government Operations and Politics (20%) Native Americans (17%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (9%) Education (7%) Health (6%) Energy (4%)

Recent Bills

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

• S. 3261: Native American Business Incubators Program Act
• S. 3079: Fairness, Accountability, and Certainty for Taxpayers in Coal Leasing Act
• S. 3030: Restoring Rural Residencies Act of 2016
• S. 3013: Salish and Kootenai Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016
• S. 2918: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility ...
• S. 2785: Tribal Youth and Community Protection Act of 2016
• S. 2636: Reservation Land Consolidation Act of 2016

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Voting Record

From Jan 2007 to Sep 2016, Tester missed 23 of 2,986 roll call votes, which is 0.8%. 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
• GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills