Sen. Roy Blunt

Sponsorship Analysis

Blunt is a rank-and-file Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Blunt’s bills have had a total of 207 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Blunt to other members of the Senate on leadership and ideology.

Committee Membership

Roy Blunt sits on the following committees:

• Joint Committee on the Library
• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Ranking 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 and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
• Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • Member, Subcommittee on Airland
  • Member, Subcommittee on Personnel
  • Member, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
• Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
  • Member, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
  • Member, Subcommittee on Tourism, Competitiveness, and Innovation
• Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Bills Sponsored

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

• S. 2190: Hire More Heroes Act of 2014
• S. 2118: ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014
• S. 2006: National Rare Earth Cooperative Act of 2014
• S. 1921: Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2013
• S. 1862: Monuments Men Recognition Act of 2013
• S. 1756: Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013
• S. 1537: A bill to ensure that any new or revised requirement providing for the ...

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Voting Record

From Jan 2011 to Apr 2014, Blunt missed 33 of 884 roll call votes, which is 3.7%. This is worse than the median of 1.8% 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