Sen. Shelley Capito

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Capito.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Capito 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 Capito has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to May 16, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Shelley Capito sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Chair, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
  • Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
• Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
  • Chair, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Member, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
  • Member, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife
• 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 Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection
  • Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety
• Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Enacted Legislation

Capito was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

• S. 94: Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act
• S. 3389 (115th): A bill to redesignate a facility of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
• S. 2872 (114th): NAS Healthy Babies Act
• H.R. 534 (112th): To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 217 West King Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia, as the “W. Craig Broadwater Federal Building and United ...
• H.R. 3305 (108th): Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2003

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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

Capito sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (39%) Environmental Protection (16%) Taxation (14%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (8%) Energy (6%) Sports and Recreation (6%) Science, Technology, Communications (6%)

Recent Bills

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

• S. 1522: A bill to improve broadband data collection, mapping, and validation to support the ...
• S. 1507: A bill to include certain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the toxics release ...
• S. 1334: Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department
• S. 1190: Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2019
• S. 1126: Concentrating on High-value Alzheimer’s Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act of ...
• S. 988: Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act
• S. 671: Miners Pension Protection Act

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2015 to May 2019, Capito missed 11 of 1,217 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better 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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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