Sen. Todd Young

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Young.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Young is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Young has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Jun 1, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Todd Young sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports subcommittee Ranking Member

  Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation, Communications, Media, and Broadband, Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism subcommittee Ranking Member

  Africa and Global Health Policy, Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Finance
  Health Care, International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Enacted Legislation

Young was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• S. 4797 (117th): A bill to designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Mishawaka, Indiana, as the “Jackie Walorski VA Clinic”.
• S. 2053 (117th): Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of 2021
• S. 2945 (116th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 171 South Maple Street in Dana, Indiana, as the Ernest “Ernie” T. Pyle …
• S. 112 (116th): National FFA Organization’s Federal Charter Amendments Act
• S. 2276 (115th): Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act
• S. 1182 (115th): National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018
• S. 963 (115th): Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act

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Does 8 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

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

Young sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (20%) Taxation (16%) Transportation and Public Works (14%) Labor and Employment (12%) Education (10%) Housing and Community Development (10%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%) Commerce (9%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Young recently introduced the following legislation:

• S. 1688: A bill to require certain grantees under title I of the Housing and …
• S.Res. 225: A resolution commemorating the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race and …
• S.Res. 190: A resolution commemorating and supporting the goals of “World Quantum Day”.
• S. 1345: 504 Credit Risk Management Improvement Act of 2023
• S. 1320: Ukraine Human Rights Policy Act of 2023
• S.Res. 155: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should …
• S. 976: After Hours Child Care Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2017 to Jun 2023, Young missed 45 of 2,408 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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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