Roy Blunt, Senator for Missouri

Blunt is the senior senator from Missouri and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 5, 2011. Blunt is next up for reelection in 2022.

He is also Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair, a party leadership role. Party leaders focus more on setting their party’s legislative priorties than on introducing legislation.

He was previously the representative for Missouri’s 7^th congressional district as a Republican from 1997 to 2010.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Blunt.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Blunt is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Blunt has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Apr 11, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 93% NumbersUSA: 82% Americans for Prosperity: 80% FreedomWorks: 80% American Civil Liberties Union: 70% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B The Club for Growth: 54% League of Conservation Voters: 5% Human Rights Campaign: 0% NIAC Action: F Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Roy Blunt sits on the following committees:

Chair, Joint Committee on the Library
Chair, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Printing
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Chair, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
- 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 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
- Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Member, Subcommittee on Aviation and Space
- Member, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet
- Member, Subcommittee on Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Enacted Legislation

Blunt was the primary sponsor of 25 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Blunt sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (25%) Taxation (20%) Health (16%) Government Operations and Politics (10%) Transportation and Public Works (8%) International Affairs (8%) Economics and Public Finance (7%) Families (7%)

Recent Bills

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

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As Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair, Blunt may be focused on his responsibilities other than introducing legislation, such as setting the chamber’s agenda, uniting his party, and brokering deals.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Blunt’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.J.Res. 46: Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019. Mar 14, 2019. Joint Resolution Passed 59/41.
Yea	H.J.Res. 31: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 Feb 14, 2019. Conference Report Agreed to 83/16. This bill, in its final form, funded the parts of the federal government whose funding was to lapse on February 15, 2019. On December 22, 2018 the 115th Congress was unable to reach a deal to fund some federal agencies through fiscal year 2019 after ...
Yea	H.R. 1892: Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018, the SUSTAIN Care Act of 2018; Family First Prevention Services Act.; Honoring Hometown ... Feb 9, 2018. Motion Agreed to 71/28. This bill became the vehicle for passage of funding for the federal government through March 23, 2018, to avert a government shutdown that would have occurred on February 9, 2018 had this bill not been enacted. The bill was introduced as the Honoring Hometown Heroes ...
Yea	H.J.Res. 43: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating ... Mar 30, 2017. Joint Resolution Passed 51/50. Joe Biden never got the opportunity to break a single 50-50 Senate tie in eight years as vice president. Mike Pence has already broken two. One from last month has since become law: a measure allowing states to withhold federal Planned Parenthood funding. (The other ...
Not Voting	S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.
Yea	H.Res. 1184 (111th): Congratulating the 2009-2010 University of Maryland Men’s Basketball Team, Greivis Vasquez, and Coach Gary Williams on an ... Mar 17, 2010. Passed 279/132.
Aye	H.R. 1752 (111th): To provide that the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House of Representatives may ... Jul 30, 2009. Failed 282/144.
Nay	H.R. 2638 (110th): Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 Sep 24, 2008. Passed 370/58.
Yea	H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008. Jun 27, 2007. Passed 365/59.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Apr 2019, Blunt missed 87 of 2,321 roll call votes, which is 3.7%. This is much 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	2	4.3%	73^rd
2011 Apr-Jun	58	3	5.2%	73^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	5	6.1%	93^rd
2012 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	1	0.9%	47^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	76	4	5.3%	85^th
2013 Jul-Sep	43	1	2.3%	76^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	14	17.5%	96^th
2014 Jan-Mar	93	2	2.2%	76^th
2014 Apr-Jun	123	7	5.7%	66^th
2014 Jul-Sep	54	6	11.1%	93^rd
2014 Nov-Dec	96	5	5.2%	79^th
2015 Jan-Mar	135	3	2.2%	83^rd
2015 Apr-Jun	85	3	3.5%	80^th
2015 Jul-Sep	52	5	9.6%	90^th
2015 Oct-Dec	67	4	6.0%	88^th
2016 Jan-Mar	38	3	7.9%	80^th
2016 Apr-Jun	79	4	5.1%	83^rd
2016 Jul-Sep	34	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Nov-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	101	2	2.0%	84^th
2017 Apr-Jun	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	53	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	117	6	5.1%	93^rd
2018 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Jun	80	3	3.8%	80^th
2018 Jul-Sep	75	2	2.7%	60^th
2018 Oct-Dec	56	1	1.8%	71^st
2019 Jan-Mar	54	1	1.9%	58^th
2019 Apr-Apr	23	0	0.0%	0^th

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

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