Sen. Michael Crapo

Senator from Idaho

Republican

Senior Senator

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	State / District
1999-2016	Senator	Idaho
1993-1998	Representative	Idaho's 2^nd District

Track Him

2014 Report Card

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Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Crapo has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Crapo is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

Michael Crapo sits on the following committees:

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
- Member, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
Senate Committee on Finance
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth
Joint Committee on Taxation
Senate Committee on the Budget
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 1999 to Feb 2015, Crapo missed 118 of 5,179 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is worse than the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1999 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	111	6	5.4%	82^nd
1999 Jul-Sep	112	8	7.1%	91^st
1999 Oct-Nov	70	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Feb-Mar	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Apr-Jun	120	5	4.2%	77^th
2000 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	41^st
2000 Oct-Dec	38	4	10.5%	68^th
2001 Jan-Mar	63	4	6.3%	96^th
2001 Apr-Jun	157	8	5.1%	96^th
2001 Jul-Sep	68	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Oct-Dec	92	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jan-Mar	59	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	107	10	9.3%	96^th
2002 Jul-Sep	61	10	16.4%	96^th
2002 Oct-Nov	26	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	112	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	150	2	1.3%	47^th
2003 Jul-Sep	108	5	4.6%	93^rd
2003 Oct-Nov	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	64	1	1.6%	60^th
2004 Apr-Jun	88	1	1.1%	43^rd
2004 Jul-Sep	42	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	2	2.2%	71^st
2005 Jul-Sep	76	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	120	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jan-Mar	83	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	1	0.9%	29^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	1	1.4%	71^st
2006 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	5	4.0%	84^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	9	8.0%	93^rd
2007 Jul-Sep	119	4	3.4%	80^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	3	3.5%	73^rd
2008 Jan-Mar	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	3	3.9%	67^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	1	1.0%	45^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	54^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	3	2.8%	74^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	2	2.1%	61^st
2010 Jul-Sep	44	2	4.5%	81^st
2010 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	44^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	2	4.3%	74^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	4	6.3%	90^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	2	1.8%	70^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	2	2.2%	81^st
2013 Apr-Jun	76	1	1.3%	34^th
2013 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	4	5.0%	75^th
2014 Jan-Mar	93	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	123	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	96	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Feb	58	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
GPO Member Guide for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Vote

Cloture on H.R. 240: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015

Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to 98/2

Sen. Crapo [R-ID]: Yea

Feb 25, 2015 2:47 p.m.

Introduced

S. 561: A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species

Sponsor: Sen. Michael Crapo [R-ID]

This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.

Feb 25, 2015

Introduced

S. 538: A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the operation of longer combination vehicles on the Interstate System in the State of Idaho, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Michael Crapo [R-ID]

This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.

Sen. Michael Crapo [R-ID] is a member of the committee.

Feb 24, 2015

Vote

Cloture on H.R. 240: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015

Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected 47/46

Sen. Crapo [R-ID]: Yea

Feb 23, 2015 5:32 p.m.

Vote

On the Nomination PN1: Ashton B. Carter, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Defense

Nomination Confirmed 93/5

Sen. Crapo [R-ID]: Nay

Feb 12, 2015 2:07 p.m.