Buck is the representative for Colorado’s 4th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 6, 2015. Buck’s current term ends on Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO4]](/static/legislator-photos/412619-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Buck is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives 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 Buck has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Dec 2, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Ken Buck sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on the Judiciary
- Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law subcommittee Ranking Member
Immigration and Citizenship subcommittees -
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation subcommittees
Enacted Legislation
Buck was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1330 (116th): Amache Study Act
- H.R. 6779 (115th): Using Data to Prevent Opioid Diversion Act of 2018
- H.R. 5844 (115th): Amache Study Act
Does 3 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
Buck sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Crime and Law Enforcement (22%) Government Operations and Politics (17%) International Affairs (14%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (11%) Taxation (11%) Immigration (8%) Education (8%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (8%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Buck recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 9177: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2022
- H.R. 8441: No Federal Tax Dollars for Illegal Aliens Health Insurance Act of 2022
- H.R. 8175: Stop Pills That Kill Act
- H.R. 8098: To limit eligibility for public service loan forgiveness to borrowers of Federal student …
- H.R. 8001: Countering Atrocities through Currency Accountability Act of 2022
- H.R. 7839: Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act
- H.R. 7817: Multilateral Aid Review Act of 2022
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2015 to Dec 2022, Buck missed 240 of 4,421 roll call votes, which is 5.4%. This is much worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives 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 and major life events.
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
