Toomey was a senator from Pennsylvania and was a Republican. He served from 2011 to 2022.
He was previously the representative for Pennsylvania’s 15th congressional district as a Republican from 1999 to 2004.
![Photo of Sen. Patrick “Pat” Toomey [R-PA, 2011-2022]](/static/legislator-photos/400408-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Toomey.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Toomey is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate in 2022 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 Toomey sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Dec 22, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Toomey was the primary sponsor of 19 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 3347 (117th): Masih Alinejad HUNT Act of 2021
- S. 3989 (116th): United States Semiquincentennial Commission Amendments Act of 2020
- S. 134 (116th): Combat Online Predators Act
- S. 3798 (116th): Hong Kong Autonomy Act
- S. 479 (116th): PACT Act
- S. 2905 (115th): Strengthening Partnerships to Prevent Opioid Abuse Act of 2018
- S. 831 (115th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 West Pike Street in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, as the “Police Officer Scott Bashioum …
Does 19 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Toomey sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Crime and Law Enforcement (26%) Taxation (16%) Health (14%) Finance and Financial Sector (12%) International Affairs (10%) Education (9%) Immigration (7%) Economics and Public Finance (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Toomey recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 5341 (117th): Federal Reserve Accountability Act of 2022
- S. 5340 (117th): Stablecoin TRUST Act of 2022
- S. 5300 (117th): Financial Regulators Transparency Act of 2022
- S. 5280 (117th): CFPB Stability Act of 2022
- S. 5165 (117th): Pipeline Permitting for Energy Security Act of 2022
- S. 4973 (117th): Retirement Savings Modernization Act
- S. 4751 (117th): A bill to revise the definition of a broker for purposes of …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Dec 2022, Toomey missed 235 of 3,912 roll call votes, which is 6.0%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 2022. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
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
