Sen. Rand Paul

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Committee Membership

Rand Paul sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Children and Families
  • Member, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management
  • Member, Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
• Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Member, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy
  • Member, Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation
  • Member, Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism
  • Member, Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development
• Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Bills Sponsored

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

• S. 633: A bill to prohibit certain assistance to the Palestinian Authority.
• S. 457: Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act of 2015
• S. 391: National Right-to-Work Act
• S. 353: Justice Safety Valve Act of 2015
• S. 300: Audit the Pentagon Act of 2015
• S. 264: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015
• S. 255: FAIR Act

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Voting Record

From Jan 2011 to Mar 2015, Paul missed 41 of 1,209 roll call votes, which is 3.4%. This is worse 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
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills