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)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Crapo for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Michael Crapo sits on the following committees:
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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
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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
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Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight
- Member, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
- Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Crapo sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (25%) Health (19%) Native Americans (16%) Finance and Financial Sector (13%) Energy (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%) Animals (6%) Transportation and Public Works (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Crapo’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 3401: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to consolidate and expand ...
- S. 2595: Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act
- S. 2495: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act
- S. 2461: Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act
- S. 2236: Hearing Protection Act of 2015
- S. 2209: Lawful Purpose and Self Defense Act
- S. 2197: Securing Care for Seniors Act of 2015
View All » (including bills from previous years)
Voting Record
From Jan 1999 to Sep 2016, Crapo missed 129 of 5,607 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.
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
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills