Rand Paul, Senator for Kentucky

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2016 Report Card for 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)

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

FreedomWorks: 100% Americans for Prosperity: 91% The Club for Growth: 90% American Civil Liberties Union: 23% Human Rights Campaign: 16% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 12% League of Conservation Voters: 9% NIAC Action: F

Committee Membership

Rand Paul sits on the following committees:

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Chair, Subcommittee on Children and Families
- Member, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Chair, 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 State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development
Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Paul sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (19%) International Affairs (19%) Crime and Law Enforcement (18%) Taxation (10%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) Economics and Public Finance (9%) Environmental Protection (8%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (7%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Paul’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 Sep 28, 2016. Bill Passed 72/26.
Yea	S. 2328: National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2015 Jun 29, 2016. Motion Agreed to 68/30. The Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) —designated as Pub.L. 114–187 and originally as H.R. 5278— is a federal law enacted by the United States Congress that establishes an oversight board, a process for restructuring debt, and expedited procedures for approving critical ...
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 ...
Not Voting	S. 754: Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 Oct 27, 2015. Bill Passed 74/21. After years of delay and false starts, Congress may finally be on the verge of passing a bill to address Internet data breaches and cybersecurity. The Senate is once again debating the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S. 754), or CISA, and it appears to have ...
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 ...
Yea	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.
Nay	S. 1789 (112th): 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012 Apr 25, 2012. Bill Passed 62/37.
Nay	H.R. 1540 (112th): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 Dec 15, 2011. Conference Report Agreed to 86/13.
Nay	H.J.Res. 48 (112th): Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 Mar 17, 2011. Joint Resolution Passed 87/13.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Oct 2017, Paul missed 67 of 1,862 roll call votes, which is 3.6%. This is worse than the median of 1.4% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2011 Jan-Mar	46	4	8.7%	87^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	1	1.7%	30^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	5	10.2%	88^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	7	8.5%	95^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	63^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	109	1	0.9%	47^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	1	3.6%	61^st
2012 Nov-Dec	50	1	2.0%	57^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	2	2.2%	83^rd
2013 Apr-Jun	76	3	3.9%	73^rd
2013 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	6	7.5%	89^th
2014 Jan-Mar	93	6	6.5%	93^rd
2014 Apr-Jun	123	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	54	1	1.9%	61^st
2014 Nov-Dec	96	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	135	2	1.5%	72^nd
2015 Apr-Jun	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	52	4	7.7%	85^th
2015 Oct-Dec	67	14	20.9%	95^th
2016 Jan-Mar	38	3	7.9%	80^th
2016 Apr-Jun	79	1	1.3%	45^th
2016 Jul-Sep	34	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Nov-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	101	4	4.0%	93^rd
2017 Apr-Jun	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	53	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Oct	9	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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