Sen. David Perdue

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 Report Card for Perdue.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Perdue is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate in 2020 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 legislators sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 21, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Perdue was the primary sponsor of 11 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• S. 4024 (116th): Cybersecurity Advisory Committee Authorization Act of 2020
• S.J.Res. 67 (116th): A joint resolution providing for the reappointment of Risa Lavizzo-Mourey as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
• S. 3098 (116th): Jimmy Carter National Historical Park Redesignation Act
• S. 572 (116th): Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief, 2019
• S. 3237 (115th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 12th Street Lobby in Columbus, Georgia, as the “Richard W. Williams, Jr., …
• S. 1954 (115th): Smithsonian National Zoological Park Central Parking Facility Authorization Act
• S.J.Res. 30 (115th): A joint resolution providing for the reappointment of Steve Case as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

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Does 11 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

Perdue sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Finance and Financial Sector (23%) International Affairs (19%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Crime and Law Enforcement (10%) Health (8%) Economics and Public Finance (8%) Taxation (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Perdue recently introduced the following legislation:

• S.Res. 777 (116th): A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the need for …
• S. 4895 (116th): SAFE Votes Act
• S. 4754 (116th): A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish …
• S.Res. 726 (116th): A resolution honoring Rosalynn Smith Carter’s 50 years of mental health advocacy.
• S. 4655 (116th): Main Street Lending Improvement Act of 2020
• S.Res. 660 (116th): A resolution honoring and commemorating the life and legacy of Representative John …
• S. 4261 (116th): SCHOOL Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2015 to Jan 2021, Perdue missed 100 of 1,820 roll call votes, which is 5.5%. This is much worse than the median of 1.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jan 2021. 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
• Official Senate Website for David Perdue for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills