![Photo of Sen. Ken Salazar [D-CO, 2005-2009]](/data/photos/400619-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Salazar sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.
Each dot in the chart below was a member of the Senate in 2010. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Salazar is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Enacted Legislation
Salazar was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 186 (111th): South Park National Heritage Area Act
- S. 185 (111th): Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area Act
- S. 180 (111th): Cache La Poudre River National Heritage Area Act of 2009
- S. 183 (111th): Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act
- S. 3376 (110th): United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act of 2008
- S. 188 (110th): A bill to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.
- S. 1445 (109th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 520 Colorado Avenue in Arriba, Colorado, as the “William H. Emery Post Office”.
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 about one third or more 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
Salazar sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (21%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (16%) Economics and Public Finance (14%) Environmental Protection (12%) Energy (11%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) Water Resources Development (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Salazar’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 186 (111th): South Park National Heritage Area Act
- S. 184 (111th): Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Act of 2009
- S. 185 (111th): Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area Act
- S. 180 (111th): Cache La Poudre River National Heritage Area Act of 2009
- S. 183 (111th): Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area Act
- S. 191 (111th): A bill to amend the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve ...
- S.Res. 682 (110th): A resolution recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
| Salazar’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| Nay |
S.J.Res. 5 (111th): A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
Jan 15, 2009. Joint Resolution Defeated 42/52.
|
| Yea |
On the Nomination PN177: Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., in the Army, to be General
Feb 8, 2007. Nomination Confirmed 83/14.
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Missed Votes
From Jan 2005 to Jan 2009, Salazar missed 12 of 1,307 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jan 2009. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills