Sen. Jon Tester

Sponsorship Analysis

Tester is a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Tester’s bills have had a total of 319 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Tester to other members of the Senate on leadership and ideology.

Committee Membership

Jon Tester sits on the following committees:

• Chairman, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal Workforce
  • Member, Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia
  • Member, Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
  • Member, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
• Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
  • Member, Subcommittee on Economic Policy
  • Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
  • Member, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
• Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Bills Sponsored

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

• S. 2217: Military Mental Health Review Board Improvement Act
• S. 2188: A bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the ...
• S.Res. 397: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that public servants should be ...
• S. 2098: Yellowstone Community Education Fairness Act
• S. 2061: Preventing Conflicts of Interest with Contractors Act
• S. 1948: Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act
• S. 1953: Oversight Workforce Improvement Act of 2014

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Voting Record

From Jan 2007 to Apr 2014, Tester missed 16 of 2,237 roll call votes, which is 0.7%. 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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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