Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States (and President of the Senate)

Pence is Vice President of the United States (and President of the Senate) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 20, 2017. Pence is next up for reelection in 2020.

He was previously the representative for Indiana’s 6^th congressional district as a Republican from 2003 to 2012; and the representative for Indiana’s 2^nd congressional district as a Republican from 2001 to 2002.

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Pence is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2013 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 Pence sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Pence sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Economics and Public Finance (22%) Science, Technology, Communications (17%) Health (13%) Taxation (13%) Law (9%) Commerce (9%) Finance and Financial Sector (9%) Government Operations and Politics (9%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Pence’s Vote	Vote Description
Aye	H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
No	H.R. 1540 (112th): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 Dec 14, 2011. Passed 283/136.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Nay	H.R. 1473 (112th): Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 Apr 14, 2011. Passed 260/167.
No	H.J.Res. 48 (112th): Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 Mar 15, 2011. Passed 271/158.
Yea	S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.
Yea	H.R. 2499 (111th): Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2010 Apr 29, 2010. Passed 223/169.
Nay	H.R. 6532 (110th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance. Jul 23, 2008. Passed 387/37.
Nay	H.R. 3087 (110th): A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress reports on the status of ... Oct 2, 2007. Passed 377/46.
Yea	H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008. Jun 27, 2007. Passed 365/59.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2001 to Jan 2013, Pence missed 451 of 8,568 roll call votes, which is 5.3%. This is much worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	3	2.2%	49^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	4	2.6%	54^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	7	3.4%	60^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	1	0.7%	27^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	3	4.9%	68^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	2	0.8%	30^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	10	5.2%	79^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	2	1.3%	31^st
2004 Jan-Mar	104	17	16.3%	92^nd
2004 Apr-Jun	221	2	0.9%	26^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	1	0.6%	20^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	4	4.4%	63^rd
2005 Apr-Jun	272	5	1.8%	52^nd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	13	8.0%	85^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	14	5.1%	84^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	11	6.9%	88^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	25	11.7%	97^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	5	1.3%	41^st
2007 Jul-Sep	317	17	5.4%	83^rd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	8	3.0%	51^st
2008 Jan-Mar	149	16	10.7%	85^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	24	7.5%	81^st
2008 Jul-Sep	205	16	7.8%	85^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	7	4.0%	74^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	7	2.3%	48^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	36	13.4%	97^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	8	3.3%	56^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	16	8.2%	84^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	15	6.8%	81^st
2010 Jul-Sep	151	5	3.3%	65^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	8	8.1%	75^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	4	1.9%	65^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	4	1.4%	52^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	15	6.1%	85^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	21	10.1%	92^nd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	4	2.6%	60^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	47	15.7%	94^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	7	4.6%	79^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	37	72.5%	99^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th

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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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