Sen. Shelley Capito

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Capito has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her 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). Capito is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Capito for more statistics.

Committee Membership

Shelley Capito sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
  • Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, 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
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
  • Member, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife
  • Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
• Joint Committee on the Library
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  • Member, Subcommittee on Energy
  • Member, Subcommittee on National Parks
  • Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
• Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Capito sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Foreign Trade and International Finance (37%) Environmental Protection (19%) Health (17%) Finance and Financial Sector (15%) Taxation (4%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (4%) Labor and Employment (4%)

Recent Bills

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

• S. 3308: Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act
• S. 3137: Alzheimer’s Beneficiary and Caregiver Support Act
• S. 2955: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017
• S. 2872: NAS Healthy Babies Act
• S. 2882: Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016
• S.Res. 454: A resolution recognizing the Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response program on its ...
• S. 2823: Steel Industry Preservation Act

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Voting Record

From Jan 2015 to Sep 2016, Capito missed 4 of 484 roll call votes, which is 0.8%. This is better than the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 31 explanations for these missed votes. 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
• GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills