Sen. Roy Blunt

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Committee Membership

Roy Blunt sits on the following committees:

• Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Chairman, 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 and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
• Joint Committee on the Library
• Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • Member, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet
  • Member, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
• Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Bills Sponsored

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

• S. 591: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend ...
• S.Res. 73: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for the periods ...
• S. 364: STAGE Act
• S. 362: Government Employee Accountability Act
• S. 340: GSP UPDATE Act
• S.Res. 54: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
• S. 278: Citizen Empowerment Act

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Voting Record

From Jan 2011 to Feb 2015, Blunt missed 50 of 1,206 roll call votes, which is 4.1%. 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