Rep. Graves, Sam
Republican · Missouri-6 · House of Representatives
Samuel Bruce Graves Jr. is an American politician best known for serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for Missouri's 6th congressional district, with him being the dean of Missouri's congressional delegation upon the retirement of Senator Roy Blunt in 2023, and having held office since 2001. The aforementioned district stretches across most of the northern third of the state, with it including territory from the Kansas border to the Illinois border. The bulk of its population lives in the northern part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Voting record
- Participation: shows up to vote 98% of the time.
- Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 16.3% of the time.
- Alignment with the district's political lean: 69.7%.
- Bills sponsored: 250; passed into law: 11.
Recent votes by Rep. Graves, Sam
- Voted Yea on Suspends federal diesel fuel tax through 2026 — Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025
- Voted Nay on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
- Voted Yea on Tightens banking sanctions on Russia — CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
- Voted Yea on Increase Medicare and Medicaid payments to rural hospitals — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- Voted Yea on Speaker reserves procedural placeholder for House — Secure the Border Act of 2023
- Voted Yea on Exempts active military pay from federal income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
- Voted Nay on Procedural placeholder reserved for Speaker — Lower Drug Costs Now Act
- Voted Yea on Increases airport passenger fees through 2030 — Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
- Voted Yea on Speaker reserves bill number for future legislation — Parents Bill of Rights Act
- Voted Yea on House backs zero traffic deaths by 2050 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8774) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8771) making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8752) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
- Voted Yea on Requires court order for mail surveillance — Supporting America’s Children and Families Act
- Voted Yea on Removes judges' power to appoint U.S. attorneys — D.C. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act
- Voted Yea on Remote health monitoring for pregnant Medicaid patients — Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act
- Voted Yea on Grants to help foreign-trained health workers — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
- Voted Yea on Removes Tony Gonzalez from two House committees — Removing Representative Tony Gonzalez of Texas from certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
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