Former senator · Missouri

Roy Blunt

Roy Blunt served in Congress from 1997 to 2023, last as a Republican senator from Missouri. In the 117th Congress, 949 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 83, and cast 504 of 700 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
Senate
Former
In Congress since
Jan 7, 1997
Last term ended
Jan 3, 2023
Open in the Congress explorerOfficial record
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
117th CongressSenate9498.7%83 of 949 · rank 10 of 10072%504 of 700 · rank 95 of 100262 became law54%136 of 251

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 117th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.40+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Yea
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 73–24· Against party
  2. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Nay
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 40–57· Against party
  3. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Nay
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–50· Against party
  4. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Nay
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–63· Against party
  5. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Nay
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–63· Against party
  6. H.J.Res. 100: To provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees.Nay
    Dec 1, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 25–70· Against party
  7. H.R. 8404: Respect for Marriage ActYea
    Nov 29, 2022· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 61–36· Against party
  8. H.R. 6833: Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023Yea
    Sep 29, 2022· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 72–25· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Yea
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 93–4
  2. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Yea
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 90–6
  3. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Yea
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 88–8
  4. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Yea
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 92–5
  5. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Yea
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 73–24· Against party
  6. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Nay
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 40–57· Against party
  7. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Yea
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 44–53
  8. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Yea
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–50
  9. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Nay
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 10–87
  10. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Nay
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–50· Against party
  11. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Nay
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–63· Against party
  12. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Nay
    Dec 22, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–63· Against party

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

26 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced1038%
  2. Reported by committee27.7%
  3. Passed one chamber1142%
  4. Passed both chambers13.8%
  5. Became law27.7%

Policy areas

  1. Armed Forces and National Security5
  2. Congress3
  3. International Affairs3
  4. Government Operations and Politics2
  5. Health2
  6. Immigration2
  7. Public Lands and Natural Resources2
  8. Sports and Recreation2

Latest activity

  1. S. 3405 Low Power Protection Act
    Became law· Science, Technology, Communications· Jan 5, 2023
  2. S.Res. 820 A resolution honoring the 100th anniversary of the Reserve Officers Association, now known as the Reserve Organization of America.
    Passed one chamber· Armed Forces and National Security· Nov 16, 2022
  3. S. 3307 Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Boundary Revision Act of 2021
    Reported by committee· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Oct 18, 2022
  4. S. 4791 A bill to amend section 301 of title 44, United States Code, to establish a term for the appointment of the Director of the Government Publishing Office.
    Became law· Government Operations and Politics· Oct 17, 2022
  5. S.Res. 818 A resolution authorizing the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to conduct a blood donation drive.
    Passed one chamber· Congress· Sep 29, 2022
  6. S.Res. 816 A resolution designating September 4, 2022, as "National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Day", and raising awareness and understanding of polycystic kidney disease.
    Passed one chamber· Health· Sep 29, 2022
  7. S. 3338 Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act
    Reported by committee· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 27, 2022
  8. S.Con.Res. 44 A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to present the statue of Harry S. Truman from the people of Missouri.
    Passed both chambers· Congress· Sep 21, 2022

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

No committee seats are listed.

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2022 cycle

Raised
$406.8K
through Dec 31, 2022
Cash on hand
$821K
From committees
-$138.7K
3 committees
From contractor PACs
-$25.7K
0 PACs · — of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. Senate · MissouriJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2023
  2. Senate · MissouriJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2017
  3. House · Missouri's 7th districtJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2011
  4. House · Missouri's 7th districtJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2009
  5. House · Missouri's 7th districtJan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2007
  6. House · Missouri's 7th districtJan 7, 2003 – Jan 3, 2005
  7. House · Missouri's 7th districtJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2003
  8. House · Missouri's 7th districtJan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
  9. House · Missouri's 7th districtJan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 1999

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.