Sen. Mike Braun

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 Report Card for Braun.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Braun 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 Braun has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 24, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Mike Braun sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research subcommittee Ranking Member

  Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Rural Development and Energy subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Legislative Branch subcommittee Ranking Member

  Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  • Employment and Workplace Safety subcommittee Ranking Member

  Primary Health and Retirement Security subcommittees
• Senate Committee on the Budget
• Senate Special Committee on Aging

Enacted Legislation

Braun was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• S. 894: Hire Veteran Health Heroes Act of 2021
• S. 848: Consider Teachers Act of 2021
• S. 579: A bill to make a technical correction to the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019.
• S. 5084 (116th): A bill to increase transparency and access to group health plan and health insurance issuer reporting, and for other purposes.
• S. 4959 (116th): A bill to increase transparency and access to group health plan and health insurance issuer reporting, and for other purposes.
• S. 3105 (116th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 456 North Meridian Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the “Richard G. Lugar Post …
• S. 1759 (116th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 456 North Meridian Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the “Richard G. Lugar Post …

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Does 8 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

Braun sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (28%) Economics and Public Finance (17%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Taxation (9%) Labor and Employment (8%) Education (8%) Sports and Recreation (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Braun recently introduced the following legislation:

• S. 4270: A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 …
• S. 4046: Simplify, Don’t Amplify the IRS Act
• S. 4020: Fight Inflation Through Balanced Budgets Act
• S. 4012: Renewing Investment in American Workers and Supply Chains Act
• S. 4016: Responsible Budget Targets Act of 2022
• S.Res. 580: A resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Purdue “All-American” …
• S.Res. 563: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of Charles Isham Taylor on the …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2019 to May 2022, Braun missed 26 of 1,446 roll call votes, which is 1.8%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% 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
• Office of Mike Braun for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills