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Sam Graves

U.S. Representative · MO-6 · Republican · Chair, Transportation and Infrastructure

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
1.57· expected 1.91

Meets expectations

Rank 84 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 24 majority-party committee chairs

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

  1. Introduced 13
  2. Action in committee 7
  3. Action beyond committee 7
  4. Passed chamber 3
  5. Became law 0

13 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 3 significant (got a roll call vote), 10 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Graves’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 119th Congress

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

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

Attendance

How it’s measured
93/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 47 missed of 674

Voted on 627 of 674 roll calls; missed 47. Lower than 90% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
99/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 36 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 454 votes that split the parties. Higher than 76% of House members.

45%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured
12/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +0

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 53% of House members.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured
+0.45

Republican middle 80%: 0.32 to 0.71

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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Graves’s bills that got action in committee or further

All bills

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

How we count words
  • H.R. 9497 Water Resources Development Act of 2026Authorizes water resource infrastructure projects and establishes an Office on Alternative Delivery Methods within the Army Corps of Engineers. AI-readWater Resources Development · Passed a chamber Sep 17, 2026Substantive55k words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 7613 ALERT ActRequires military and civilian aircraft to use tracking technology and conduct safety assessments. AI-readTransportation and Public Works · Passed a chamber Apr 15, 2026Substantive20k words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 4275 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025Authorizes funding and operations for U.S. Coast Guard. AI-readTransportation and Public Works · Passed a chamber Jul 23, 2025Substantive68k words Passed a chamber
  • H.R. 8870 BUILD America 250 ActEstablishes a program to fund infrastructure projects across the United States. AI-readTransportation and Public Works · Out of committee May 22, 2026Substantive145k words Out of committee
  • H.R. 6086 Aviation Funding Solvency ActProvides continuing appropriations to the FAA from the Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund if annual appropriations are not enacted. AI-readTransportation and Public Works · Out of committee Dec 18, 2025Substantive727 words Out of committee
  • H.R. 5301 PIPES Act of 2025Addresses pipeline infrastructure and related transportation matters. AI-readTransportation and Public Works · Out of committee Sep 17, 2025Substantive16k words Out of committee
  • H.R. 4669 FEMA Act of 2025Establishes FEMA as an independent cabinet-level agency and expands disaster assistance programs. AI-readEmergency Management · Out of committee Sep 3, 2025Substantive32k words Out of committee

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