Sen. Kevin Cramer

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 Report Card for Cramer.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Cramer is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate 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 Cramer has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Aug 7, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Kevin Cramer sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • Seapower subcommittee Ranking Member

  Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Strategic Forces subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
  • Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee Ranking Member

  Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
  Economic Policy, Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, Housing, Transportation, and Community Development subcommittees
• Senate Committee on the Budget
• Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Enacted Legislation

Cramer was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 6038 (115th): To establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Dickinson Reservoir in the State of North Dakota.
• H.R. 6039 (115th): To establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Jamestown Reservoir in the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 2154 (115th): To rename the Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center in Fargo, North Dakota, as the Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center.
• H.R. 1168 (114th): Native American Children’s Safety Act
• H.R. 767 (113th): To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project.

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Does 5 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Cramer sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (21%) Finance and Financial Sector (18%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (15%) Health (10%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) Water Resources Development (10%) International Affairs (8%) Science, Technology, Communications (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Cramer recently introduced the following legislation:

• S. 4695: Western Water Cooperative Committee Act
• S. 4567: EAGLE Act of 2022
• S. 4512: Unborn Child Support Act
• S. 4352: Travel Nursing Agency Transparency Study Act
• S. 3989: Landowner Easement Rights Act
• S. 3922: Unlocking Capital for Small Businesses Act of 2022
• S. 3923: Dodd-Frank Material Disclosure Improvement Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2019 to Aug 2022, Cramer missed 115 of 1,572 roll call votes, which is 7.3%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of senators 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.

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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