Lee is the senior senator from Utah and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 5, 2011. Lee is next up for reelection in 2022.
![Photo of Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]](/data/photos/412495-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Lee.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Lee 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 Lee has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 18, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Enacted Legislation
Lee was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:
- S. 78: Modernizing Government Travel Act
- S. 1123 (114th): USA FREEDOM Act of 2015
- S. 684 (112th): A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of Alta, Utah.
- S. 683 (112th): Box Elder Utah Land Conveyance Act
- S. 1875 (112th): United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011
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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Lee sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (14%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Labor and Employment (14%) Economics and Public Finance (14%) International Affairs (12%) Education (12%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%) Commerce (10%)
Recent Bills
Some of Lee’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S.Res. 20: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Protecting Life in ...
- S. 190: A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit assistance ...
- S. 90: A bill to limit the establishment or extension of national monuments in the ...
- S. 49: A bill to designate the outstation of the Department of Veterans Affairs in ...
- S. 3690: A bill to designate the outstation of the Department of Veterans Affairs in ...
- S. 3617 (115th): Government Spectrum Valuation Act of 2018
- S. 3472: Big Sand Wash Project Title Transfer Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
| Lee’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| Yea |
S. 756: FIRST Step Act
Dec 18, 2018. Motion Agreed to 87/12.
This bill became the vehicle for passage of the FIRST Step Act, the Senate's criminal justice reform bill. The text of this bill was replaced in whole on December 18, 2018 with criminal justice reform provisions. Those provisions were originally introduced in S. 2795 and ... |
| Yea |
H.J.Res. 43: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating ...
Mar 30, 2017. Joint Resolution Passed 51/50.
Joe Biden never got the opportunity to break a single 50-50 Senate tie in eight years as vice president. Mike Pence has already broken two. One from last month has since become law: a measure allowing states to withhold federal Planned Parenthood funding. (The other ... |
| Nay |
H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017
Sep 28, 2016. Bill Passed 72/26.
The Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act (H.R. 5325) is an appropriations bill which extended funding at the previous year's levels up to December 9, 2016 (10 weeks). After this, a continuing ... |
| Nay |
H.R. 22: Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act
Dec 3, 2015. Conference Report Agreed to 83/16.
H.R 22, formerly the Hire More Heroes Act, has become the Senate’s vehicle for passage of the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act or DRIVE Act (S. 1647). The DRIVE Act is a major bipartisan transportation bill that would authorize funding ... |
| Nay |
H.R. 22: Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act
Jul 30, 2015. Bill Passed 65/34.
This vote turned H.R 22, originally the Hire More Heroes Act, into the Senate’s vehicle for passage of the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act or DRIVE Act (S. 1647), a major bipartisan transportation bill, and the Export-Import Bank Reform and ... |
| Nay |
S. 1177: Every Child Achieves Act of 2015
Jul 16, 2015. Bill Passed 81/17.
The Every Child Achieves Act is a bipartisan educational policy reform bill that would expand state responsibility over schools, provide grants to charter schools, and reduce the federal test-based accountability system of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The bill was referred to the ... |
| Not Voting |
H.R. 5771 (113th): Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014
Dec 16, 2014. Bill Passed 76/16.
|
| Nay |
H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015
Sep 18, 2014. Joint Resolution Passed 78/22.
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| Nay |
H.R. 3304 (113th): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
Dec 19, 2013. Motion Agreed to 84/15.
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| Nay |
S. 1789 (112th): 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012
Apr 25, 2012. Bill Passed 62/37.
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| Nay |
H.R. 1540 (112th): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
Dec 15, 2011. Conference Report Agreed to 86/13.
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Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Jan 2019, Lee missed 82 of 2,251 roll call votes, which is 3.6%. This is much worse than the median of 1.2% 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:
- @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
