Eric Schmitt

U.S. Senator · Missouri · Republican · Chair, Joint Economic Committee

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 9, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

0.69· expected 1.04

Meets expectations

Rank 52 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 32 majority-party members without a committee lead

How far Schmitt’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

51 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 50 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the Senate

How Schmitt’s ratings compare with every senator

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one senator; the ringed marker is Schmitt.

99/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 11 missed of 915

Voted on 904 of 915 roll calls; missed 11. Higher than 74% of senators.

85%100%

100/ 100

Senate R median 100 · Rank 10 of 53

Sided with the Republican majority on 829 votes that split the parties. Higher than 88% of senators.

75%100%

8/ 100

Chamber median 9 · −1

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 60% of senators.

0%30%

+0.88

Republican middle 80%: 0.38 to 0.78

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

LiberalConservative

2 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Schmitt’s effectiveness score.

S. 494 National Plan for Epilepsy ActRequires HHS to establish a national epilepsy plan, advisory council, and annual congressional reports through 2035. AI-readHealth · Introduced Aug 10, 2026Substantive525 words Introduced
S. 4828 Declaration of Independence Reaffirmation Act of 2026Reaffirms the Declaration of Independence as an organic law of the United States. AI-readGovernment Operations and Politics · Introduced Jun 23, 2026Substantive1.7k words Introduced

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.