Sen. Mitch McConnell
Senate Majority Leader

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills McConnell 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). McConnell is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

Mitch McConnell sits on the following committees:

• Ex Officio, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
• Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Member, Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources
  • Member, Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing and Agriculture Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, and Agricultural Research
• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Department of Defense
  • Member, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
  • Member, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
• Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Bills Sponsored

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

• S. 625: Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015
• S.Res. 82: A resolution commending Kathleen Alvarez Tritak on her service to the United States ...
• S.Res. 38: A resolution relative to the death of Wendell H. Ford, former United States ...
• S.Res. 27: A resolution to authorize testimony and representation in United States of America v. ...
• S.Res. 23: A resolution making majority party appointments for the 114th Congress.
• S.Res. 21: A resolution making majority party appointments for the 114th Congress.
• S.Res. 14: A resolution electing Laura C. Dove, of Virginia, as Secretary for the Majority ...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1985 to Mar 2015, McConnell missed 84 of 10,169 roll call votes, which is 0.8%. This is better than the median of 1.6% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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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
• United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
• Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills