Head-to-Head Voting Comparison

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Mike Lee

Mike Lee

State: UT
Party: Republican
Abstains: 0%
Votes with Party: 81%
OpenCongress Users' Approval Rating: 59%

Robert Portman

Robert Portman

State: OH
Party: Republican
Abstains: 1%
Votes with Party: 96%
OpenCongress Users' Approval Rating: 24%

Voting Similarity

Mike Lee and Robert Portman have voted together 486 times on roll call votes since January, 2007 in votes where neither abstained, representing a voting similarity of 72%. The list below highlights how their voting records compare on passage of bills and editorially-selected "hot" votes on amendments.

The graph to the right shows the voting similarties of senators in the republican party. The line indicates where Mike Lee and Robert Portman fall with their calculated voting similarity of 72%. Republican senators average 78% voting similarity.

Shared Committees

Mike Lee and Robert Portman are not on any common committees.

Roll Call Comparision

Bills Roll Call    
hot bill S.Amdt.115 Patent Reform Act of 2011 (expressing support for a Balanced Budget amdt.) 30 Lee Aye Portman Aye
hot bill S.365 Budget Control Act of 2011 (Debt ceiling and deficit bill) 123 Lee Nay Portman Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.392 Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011 (delaying swipe fee reform) 86 Lee Aye Portman Aye
hot bill H.Con.Res.34 Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2021. (Paul Ryan Budget) 77 Lee Aye Portman Aye
hot bill S.990 PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 (4-year extension of PATRIOT Act surveillance) 84 Lee Nay Portman Aye
hot bill S.Amdt.1107 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (striking the indefinite military detention provision) 210 Lee Nay Portman Nay
H.R.4 Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011 49 Lee Aye Portman Aye
S.23 Patent Reform Act of 2011 35 Lee Aye Portman Aye
S.223 FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act 25 Lee Nay Portman Aye
H.R.674 3% Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act 204 Lee Aye Portman Aye
S.679 Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 101 Lee Nay Portman Aye
H.R.2055 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 115 Lee Aye Portman Aye
H.R.2072 Securing American Jobs Through Exports Act of 2011 96 Lee Nay Portman Aye
H.R.2112 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 194 Lee Nay Portman Nay
H.R.2832 Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 150 Lee Nay Portman Aye
H.R.2887 Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act of 2011 138 Lee Nay Portman Aye
S.1789 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2011 82 Lee Nay Portman Nay
S.1813 MAP-21 48 Lee Nay Portman Nay
S.1867 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 218 Lee Nay Portman Aye
S.1925 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 87 Lee Nay Portman Aye
H.R.3672 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012 233 Lee Nay Portman Nay
S.2038 STOCK Act 14 Lee Aye Portman Aye
S.2343 Stop the Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act of2012 113 Lee Nay Portman Nay
S.3187 Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 111 Lee Aye Portman Aye
S.3240 Farm bill 164 Lee Nay Portman Nay
S.3254 Wartime Contracting Reform Act of 2012 221 Lee Aye Portman Aye
H.R.5949 FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012 236 Lee Nay Portman Aye
S.3412 Middle Class Tax Cut Act 184 Lee Nay Portman Nay
H.R.6156 Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 223 Lee Aye Portman Aye
H.R.8 "Fiscal cliff" bill 251 Lee Nay Portman Aye
S.3576 A bill to provide limitations on United States assistance, and for other purposes. 196 Lee Aye Portman Nay
H.R.152 Hurricane Sandy relief bill 4 Lee Nay Portman Nay
H.R.325 No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 11 Lee Nay Portman Nay
S.47 VAWA bill 19 Lee Nay Portman Aye
H.R.933 Science Appropriations Act, 2013 44 Lee Nay Portman Nay
S.601 Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2013 124 Lee Nay Portman Aye
S.743 Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 113 Lee Nay Portman Aye



For more information, view the full voting history of these two members: Mike Lee and Robert Portman

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