Rep. Ken Buck

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Buck.

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 liberal–conservative 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 6, 2015 to Jun 14, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Ken Buck sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on the Judiciary
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship
  • Member, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law
• House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
  • Member, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade

Enacted Legislation

Buck was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 1330: Amache Study Act
• H.R. 6779: Using Data to Prevent Opioid Diversion Act of 2018
• H.R. 5844: Amache Study Act

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Buck sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (24%) Crime and Law Enforcement (18%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (18%) Government Operations and Politics (18%) Economics and Public Finance (12%) Law (12%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 2299: Multilateral Aid Review Act of 2019
• H.R. 1330: Amache Study Act
• H.R. 807: Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2019
• H.R. 793: To prohibit the use of funds for the official travel of Members of ...
• H.R. 6927: APEX Act
• H.R. 6779: Using Data to Prevent Opioid Diversion Act of 2018
• H.Res. 1051: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6691) to amend title 18, United ...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2015 to Jun 2019, Buck missed 187 of 2,857 roll call votes, which is 6.5%. This is much worse than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives 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:

• 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