Rand Paul

U.S. Senator · Kentucky · Republican · Chair, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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

How it’s measured

0.56· expected 1.48

Below expectations

Rank 69 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 21 majority-party committee chairs

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

Introduced 52
Action in committee 9
Action beyond committee 7
Passed chamber 0
Became law 0

52 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 52 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the Senate

How Paul’s ratings compare with every senator

Ratings, 119th Congress

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

Paul in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured

96/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 41 missed of 915

Voted on 874 of 915 roll calls; missed 41. Lower than 81% of senators.

85%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

88/ 100

Senate R median 100 · Rank 51 of 53

Sided with the Republican majority on 798 votes that split the parties. Lower than 94% of senators.

75%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

16/ 100

Chamber median 9 · +7

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 93% of senators.

0%30%

Position

How it’s measured

+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.

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Paul’s bills that made it out of committee or further

All bills

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

S. 2733 Duplication Scoring Act of 2025Duplication Scoring Act of 2025. AI-readGovernment Operations and Politics · Out of committee Sep 14, 2026Substantive579 words Out of committee
S. 2732 Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2025Authorizes bonuses for federal employees who identify cost-saving measures. AI-readGovernment Operations and Politics · Out of committee Aug 6, 2026Substantive1.3k words Out of committee
S. 1414 Expedited Access to Biosimilars ActExpedites federal approval process for biosimilar drugs. AI-readHealth · Out of committee Jul 27, 2026Substantive850 words Out of committee
S. 4486 A bill to amend title 3, United States Code, to prescribe a process to authorize certain activities at the Executive Residence at the White House, and for other purposes.Establishes authorization process for certain activities at the White House Executive Residence. AI-readCongress · Out of committee May 12, 2026Substantive331 words Out of committee
S. 601 A bill to remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky.Removes restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky. AI-readPublic Lands and Natural Resources · Out of committee Mar 4, 2026Substantive154 words Out of committee
S. 854 Risky Research Review ActEstablishes review procedures for federally funded research with potential dual-use risks. AI-readHealth · Out of committee Sep 17, 2025Substantive7.1k words Out of committee
S. 855 Royalty Transparency ActRequires disclosure of federal royalty payments from natural resource extraction. AI-readGovernment Operations and Politics · Out of committee Sep 17, 2025Substantive2k words Out of committee

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