![Photo of Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]](/static/legislator-photos/412428-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 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, 2017 to May 26, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Todd Young sits on the following committees:
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Senate Committee on Finance
- Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy subcommittee Ranking Member
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism subcommittee Ranking Member
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Enacted Legislation
Young was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:
- 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
- H.R. 2144 (114th): Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act of 2015
Does 6 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Young sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (22%) Taxation (14%) Education (13%) Transportation and Public Works (13%) Labor and Employment (13%) Housing and Community Development (10%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Young recently introduced the following legislation:
- S.Res. 524: A resolution expressing support for the designation of February 19 through February 26, …
- S.Res. 463: A resolution expressing support for the goals of Stomach Cancer Awareness Month.
- S. 3039: Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021
- S. 2898: Unemployment Insurance Systems Modernization Act of 2021
- S. 2649: BETTER Kidney Care Act
- S. 2602: Retirement Security Flexibility Act of 2021
- S. 2603: Commission on Retirement Security Act of 2021
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to May 2022, Young missed 35 of 2,058 roll call votes, which is 1.7%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% 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 and major life events.
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
