Sen. Robert Bennett

Former Senator from Utah

Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	State / District
1993-2010	Senator	Utah

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Feb 1993 to Dec 2010, Bennett missed 206 of 6,233 roll call votes, which is 3.3%. This is worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 2010. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1993 Feb-Mar	93	2	2.2%	77^th
1993 Apr-Jun	99	7	7.1%	86^th
1993 Jul-Sep	109	1	0.9%	50^th
1993 Oct-Nov	94	4	4.3%	83^rd
1994 Jan-Mar	86	4	4.7%	69^th
1994 Apr-Jun	92	2	2.2%	61^st
1994 Jul-Sep	136	8	5.9%	92^nd
1994 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	125	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Apr-Jun	171	2	1.2%	36^th
1995 Jul-Sep	184	18	9.8%	97^th
1995 Oct-Dec	133	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	60	9	15.0%	98^th
1996 Apr-Jun	122	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jul-Sep	121	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jan-Mar	35	2	5.7%	92^nd
1997 Apr-Jun	125	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jul-Sep	103	8	7.8%	94^th
1997 Oct-Nov	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jan-Mar	52	4	7.7%	84^th
1998 Apr-Jun	131	12	9.2%	88^th
1998 Jul-Sep	109	1	0.9%	37^th
1998 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	111	2	1.8%	58^th
1999 Jul-Sep	112	2	1.8%	64^th
1999 Oct-Nov	70	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Feb-Mar	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Apr-Jun	120	4	3.3%	71^st
2000 Jul-Sep	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	38	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	64^th
2001 Apr-Jun	157	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jul-Sep	68	1	1.5%	49^th
2001 Oct-Dec	92	2	2.2%	70^th
2002 Jan-Mar	59	11	18.6%	95^th
2002 Apr-Jun	107	4	3.7%	77^th
2002 Jul-Sep	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	26	1	3.8%	75^th
2003 Jan-Mar	112	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	150	3	2.0%	72^nd
2003 Jul-Sep	108	4	3.7%	79^th
2003 Oct-Nov	89	1	1.1%	37^th
2004 Jan-Mar	64	2	3.1%	76^th
2004 Apr-Jun	88	7	8.0%	93^rd
2004 Jul-Sep	42	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	9	10.1%	93^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	76	1	1.3%	42^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	120	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jan-Mar	83	1	1.2%	47^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	2	1.6%	49^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	1	0.9%	40^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	2	1.7%	42^nd
2007 Oct-Dec	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	3	3.9%	56^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	4	3.4%	80^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	5	5.2%	83^rd
2009 Jul-Sep	89	4	4.5%	84^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	1	1.1%	52^nd
2010 Jan-Mar	108	21	19.4%	96^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	23	24.0%	98^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th