Sherrod Brown, Senator for Ohio

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)

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Brown for more statistics.

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

Issue Areas

Brown sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Foreign Trade and International Finance (35%) Health (18%) Armed Forces and National Security (14%) Taxation (11%) Education (6%) Finance and Financial Sector (5%) Transportation and Public Works (5%) Government Operations and Politics (5%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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From Jan 2007 to Sep 2016, Brown missed 45 of 2,980 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. This is on par with the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	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	135	4	3.0%	83^rd
2015 Apr-Jun	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	52	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	67	2	3.0%	73^rd
2016 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	43^rd
2016 Apr-Jun	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	28	4	14.3%	79^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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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