Sen. Angus King

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for King.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

King 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 King has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Jun 3, 2024. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Angus King sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • Strategic Forces subcommittee Chair

  Airland, Seapower subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  • National Parks subcommittee Chair

  Energy, Public Lands, Forests, and Mining subcommittees
• Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
• Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Enacted Legislation

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

• S. 2268: Ensuring Interagency Cooperation to Support Veterans Act of 2023
• S. 491 (117th): York River Wild and Scenic River Act of 2021
• S. 2310 (117th): A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study regarding codes and standards for use of energy storage systems across sectors and demonstrate certain …
• S. 1918 (117th): Battery and Critical Mineral Recycling Act of 2021
• S. 3805 (116th): Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020
• S. 174 (116th): Securing Energy Infrastructure Act
• S. 101 (116th): Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification 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

King sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (26%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (23%) Taxation (11%) Agriculture and Food (11%) Armed Forces and National Security (11%) Commerce (8%) Social Welfare (5%) International Affairs (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

King recently introduced the following legislation:

• S. 4209: Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument Access Act
• S.Res. 657: A resolution celebrating the 152nd anniversary of Arbor Day.
• S.Res. 645: A resolution designating the week of April 20 through April 28, 2024, as …
• S.Res. 612: A resolution recognizing the importance of maple syrup production to the State of …
• S. 3899: Biomass for Transportation Fuel Act
• S. 3841: A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report …
• S. 3560: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize pre-enrollment of …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Jun 2024, King missed 34 of 3,954 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 2.8% 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