Sen. Michael Crapo

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 Report Card for Crapo.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Crapo is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate 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 Crapo has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jul 2, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Michael Crapo sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Chair
  Economic Policy, Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, National Security and International Trade and Finance, Securities, Insurance, and Investment subcommittees
• Joint Committee on Taxation
• Senate Committee on the Budget
• Senate Committee on Finance
  Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure, International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, Taxation and IRS Oversight subcommittees
• Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, the Constitution, Intellectual Property, Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Crapo was the primary sponsor of 18 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• S. 430: A bill to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
• S. 97: Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act of 2017
• S. 2155 (115th): Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act
• S. 1463: Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act
• S.J.Res. 47: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ...
• S. 383 (114th): Indian Trust Asset Reform Act
• S. 2040 (113th): Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014

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Does 18 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

Crapo sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (24%) Health (18%) Armed Forces and National Security (16%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (14%) Finance and Financial Sector (10%) Energy (6%) Science, Technology, Communications (6%) Law (6%)

Recent Bills

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

• S. 3350: State Veterans Home Inspection Simplification Act
• S. 3129: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019
• S. 3085: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2019
• S. 2794: Bring Our Heroes Home Act
• S.Res. 320: A resolution recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Forensic Science ...
• S. 2379: Medicaid Patient Abuse Prevention Act
• S. 2316: Manufacturing, Investment, and Controls Review for Computer Hardware, Intellectual Property, and Supply Act ...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 1999 to Jul 2020, Crapo missed 138 of 6,780 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 1.7% 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