Sen. Shelley Moore Capito

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2024 Report Card for Capito.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Capito is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate 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 have sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2021 to Feb 21, 2025. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito [R-WV, 2015-2026] sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Chair
• Senate Committee on Appropriations
• Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
• Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Enacted Legislation

Capito was the primary sponsor of 14 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• S. 1111 (118th): ADVANCE Act of 2023
• S. 1064 (118th): National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act
• S. 539 (117th): A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the use of video cameras for patient safety and law enforcement …
• S. 4075 (116th): RLF Act
• S. 2582 (116th): Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020
• S. 2555 (116th): New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Designation Act
• S. 1507 (116th): PFAS Release Disclosure and Protection Act of 2019

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Does 14 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

Capito sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (32%) Environmental Protection (26%) Science, Technology, Communications (18%) Armed Forces and National Security (6%) Transportation and Public Works (6%) Taxation (4%) Energy (4%) Emergency Management (4%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Capito recently introduced the following legislation:

• S. 631: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the …
• S. 559: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend …
• S.Res. 59: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
• S. 351: STEWARD Act of 2025
• S. 347: Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025
• S. 313: A bill to restrict United States voluntary and assessed contributions to the United …
• S. 98: Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2001 to Feb 2025, Capito missed 110 of 3,538 roll call votes, which is 3.1%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absences, 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
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills