Sen. Sherrod Brown

Senator from Ohio

Democrat

Senior Senator

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	State / District
2007-2018	Senator	Ohio
1993-2006	Representative	Ohio's 13^th District

Track Him

2014 Report Card

Read our 2014 Report Card for Brown »

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Committee Membership

Sherrod Brown sits on the following committees:

Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Economic Policy
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Member, Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management and Trade
- Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, and Agricultural Research
- Member, Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy
Senate Committee on Finance
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy
- Member, Subcommittee on Health Care
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2007 to Mar 2015, Brown missed 37 of 2,564 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is better 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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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2007 Jan-Mar	126	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	7	6.3%	87^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	1	0.8%	27^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	1	1.3%	28^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	1	2.1%	39^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	6	5.1%	96^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	1	1.0%	45^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	54^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	1	1.7%	30^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	1	2.0%	49^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	1	1.2%	42^nd
2012 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	3	6.0%	78^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	1	1.1%	60^th
2013 Apr-Jun	76	2	2.6%	58^th
2013 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	93	1	1.1%	47^th
2014 Apr-Jun	123	2	1.6%	41^st
2014 Jul-Sep	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	96	4	4.2%	75^th
2015 Jan-Mar	68	3	4.4%	85^th

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

Recent Legislative Activity

Vote

S. 1: Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act

Veto Sustained 62/37

Sen. Brown [D-OH]: Nay

Mar 4, 2015 2:20 p.m.

Vote

S.J.Res. 8: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the ...

Joint Resolution Passed 53/46

Sen. Brown [D-OH]: Nay

Mar 4, 2015 11:38 a.m.

Introduced

S.Con.Res. 8: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative stamp honoring the 50th anniversary of the three civil rights marches from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama that

Sponsor: Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

This resolution was referred to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.

2 cosponsors are on that committee.

Mar 4, 2015

Vote

Motion to Proceed on S.J.Res. 8: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the ...

Motion to Proceed Agreed to 53/45

Sen. Brown [D-OH]: Nay

Mar 3, 2015 2:18 p.m.

Bill Text

S.Con.Res. 7: A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders.

This resolution’s text is now available.

Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] is the sponsor of this resolution.

Mar 3, 2015