Sen. Mitt Romney

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Romney.

Committee Membership

Mitt Romney sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy subcommittee Ranking Member

  Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy, Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  • Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight subcommittee Ranking Member

  Government Operations and Border Management subcommittees
• Senate Committee on the Budget
• Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  Children and Families, Employment and Workplace Safety subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Romney was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

• S. 308: Ending China’s Developing Nation Status Act
• S. 1222 (117th): Bonneville Shoreline Trail Advancement Act
• S. 3588 (117th): Medical Countermeasures Surge Capacity Act of 2022
• S. 2150 (117th): Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Act of 2021
• S. 1207 (116th): Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act of 2019

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Does 5 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

Romney sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (23%) Armed Forces and National Security (17%) Education (14%) Economics and Public Finance (11%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (11%) Health (9%) Agriculture and Food (9%) Government Operations and Politics (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Romney recently introduced the following legislation:

• S. 4783: A bill to establish a program to recognize elementary schools and secondary schools …
• S. 4815: A bill to prohibit the mass cancellation of student loans.
• S. 4529: Mandatory E-Verify Act of 2024
• S. 4496: Investing in Our Defense Act of 2024
• S. 4515: Combating Foreign Terrorist Drones Act of 2024
• S. 4508: Bolstering Indo-Pacific Capabilities Act of 2024
• S. 4279: Coordinating AUKUS Engagement with Japan Act of 2024

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2019 to Aug 2024, Romney missed 106 of 2,239 roll call votes, which is 4.7%. This is worse than the median of 3.0% 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
• Office of Mitt Romney for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills