Sen. Roy Blunt’s 2018 Report Card
Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair
Senior
Senator
from Missouri
Republican
Served Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2023
These statistics cover Blunt’s record during the 115th Congress (Jan 3, 2017-Jan 3, 2019) and compare him to other senators also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 20, 2019.
Members of Congress with party leadership roles often do not participate in the legislative process in the same way as other Members of Congress. Since Blunt was busy being Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair, the metrics of legislative activity listed below may not apply.
A higher or lower number below doesn’t necessarily make this legislator any better or worse, or more or less effective, than other Members of Congress. We present these statistics for you to understand the quantitative aspects of Blunt’s legislative career and make your own judgements based on what activities you think are important.
Keep in mind that there are many important aspects of being a legislator besides what can be measured, such as constituent services and performing oversight of the executive branch, which aren’t reflected here.
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Held the most committee positions compared to All SenatorsBlunt held a leadership position on 3 committees and 2 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. For comparison to other Members of Congress, we assigned a score giving five points for each full committee leadership position and one point for each subcommittee leadership position. View Blunt’s Profile » Compare to all Senate Republicans (98th percentile); All Senators (99th percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 6th most often compared to All SenatorsMost bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Blunt introduced 29 bills in the 115th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: S. 374: Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, …; S. 438: HIRE Vets Act; S. 810: A bill to facilitate construction …; S. 917: Silver Star Service Banner Day …; S. 1154: Military Family Stability Act; S. 1335: Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park …; S. 1344: Family Self-Sufficiency Act; S. 1438: Gateway Arch National Park Designation …; S. 1771: Departments of Labor, Health and …; S. 2863: National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative …; S. 2961: Victims of Child Abuse Act …; S. 3158: Departments of Labor, Health and …; S. 3748: Improving the Inspector General Process …; S.Res. 135: A resolution expressing support for …; S.Res. 151: A resolution commending the Northwest …; S.Res. 331: A resolution expressing support for …; S.Res. 461: A resolution commending the University …; S.Res. 480: A resolution expressing support for …; S.Res. 576: A resolution designating September 4, …; S.Res. 649: A resolution recognizing the contributions …; S.Res. 704: A resolution expressing support for …; S.Res. 712: A resolution authorizing the use …; S.Con.Res. 41: A concurrent resolution recognizing 100 …; S.Con.Res. 43: A concurrent resolution providing for …; S.Con.Res. 44: A concurrent resolution authorizing the …; S.Con.Res. 54: A concurrent resolution authorizing the …; S.Con.Res. 55: A concurrent resolution authorizing the …; S.Con.Res. 56: A concurrent resolution providing for …; S.Con.Res. 57: A concurrent resolution authorizing the … Compare to all Senate Republicans (90th percentile); All Senators (94th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 7th most bills compared to Senate RepublicansBlunt cosponsored 266 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (86th percentile); All Senators (49th percentile). |
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Got the 10th most cosponsors on their bills compared to Senate RepublicansBlunt’s bills and resolutions had 355 cosponsors in the 115th Congress. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote. View Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (80th percentile); All Senators (67th percentile). |
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Wrote the 9th most laws compared to All Senators (tied with 3 others)Blunt introduced 8 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 115th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: S. 438: HIRE Vets Act; S. 810: A bill to facilitate construction …; S. 1154: Military Family Stability Act; S. 1344: Family Self-Sufficiency Act; S. 1438: Gateway Arch National Park Designation …; S. 1771: Departments of Labor, Health and …; S. 2961: Victims of Child Abuse Act …; S. 3158: Departments of Labor, Health and … Compare to all Senate Republicans (80th percentile); All Senators (88th percentile). The legislator must be the primary sponsor of the bill or joint resolution that was enacted or the primary sponsor of a bill or joint resolution for which at least about one third of its text was incorporated into another bill or joint resolution that was enacted as law, as determined by an automated analysis. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. We also exclude bills where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill. |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 11th most bills compared to All SenatorsIn this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 44 of Blunt’s 50 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Blunt caucused with in the 115th Congress. Compare to all Senate Republicans (84th percentile); All Senators (89th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Ranked 14th most politically right compared to All SenatorsOur unique ideology analysis assigns a score to Members of Congress according to their legislative behavior by how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they cosponsor are to other Members of Congress. For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in the 115th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Blunt’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Republicans (72nd percentile); All Senators (86th percentile). |
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Ranked the 25th top leader compared to All SenatorsOur unique leadership analysis looks at who is cosponsoring whose bills. A higher score shows a greater ability to get cosponsors on bills. For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in the 115th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Blunt’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Republicans (72nd percentile); All Senators (75th percentile). |
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Bills IntroducedBlunt introduced 50 bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (66th percentile); All Senators (59th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors5 of Blunt’s bills and resolutions in the 115th Congress had a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee that the bill was referred to. Getting support from committee leaders on relevant committees is a crucial step in moving legislation forward. Those bills were: S. 374: Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, …; S. 1823: Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness …; S. 1889: SAFE at Home Act; S. 2863: National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative …; S. 2961: Victims of Child Abuse Act … Compare to all Senate Republicans (46th percentile); All Senators (40th percentile). |
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Working with the HouseThe House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: S. 374: Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, …; S. 384: New Markets Tax Credit Extension …; S. 439: Timely Mental Health for Foster …; S. 810: A bill to facilitate construction …; S. 989: Ensuring Children’s Access to Specialty …; S. 1154: Military Family Stability Act; S. 1178: Vulnerable Children and Families Act …; S. 1211: A bill to require the …; S. 1823: Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness …; S. 2522: Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2018; S. 2863: National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative …; S. 2961: Victims of Child Abuse Act …; S.Res. 331: A resolution expressing support for …; S.Res. 704: A resolution expressing support for … Compare to all Senate Republicans (74th percentile); All Senators (66th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 266 bills that Blunt cosponsored, 32% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (74th percentile); All Senators (64th percentile). Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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Missed VotesBlunt missed 2.3% of votes (14 of 599 votes) in the 115th Congress. View Blunt’s Profile » Compare to all All Senators (68th percentile). |
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Government TransparencyGovTrack looked at whether Blunt supported any of 14 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the Senate that we identified in this session. We gave Blunt 0 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills. Compare to all Senate Republicans (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile). |
Additional Notes
Leadership/Ideology: The leadership and ideology scores are not displayed for Members of Congress who introduced fewer than 10 bills, or, for ideology, for Members of Congress that have a low leadership score, as there is usually not enough data in these cases to compute reliable leadership and ideology statistics.
Missing Bills: We exclude bills from some statistics where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill because the bill’s text was replaced in whole with unrelated provisions (i.e. it became a vehicle for passage of unrelated provisions).
Ranking Members (RkMembs): The chair of a committee is always selected from the political party that holds the most seats in the chamber, called the “majority party”. The “ranking member” (sometimes “RkMembs”) is the title given to the senior-most member of the committee not in the majority party.
Freshmen/Sophomores: Freshmen and sophomores are Members of Congress whose first term (in the same chamber at the end of the 115th Congress) was the 115th Congress (freshmen) or 114th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
