Mike Lee
Senator for Utah · Republican
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Seats held: Senator for UT, 2011–now.
Utah has about 3.5 million residents, represented by two senators.
Votes compared with what constituents said
- Cooperative Election Study: voted with 16 of 40 surveyed votes where Utah's estimated majority was clear.
- Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape: on these votes, Utah's estimated opinion was too close to call.
| Survey question | Vote | How they voted | What constituents said | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to contraceptives (Right to Contraception Act) | June 5, 2024 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (72.3% support, likely 67.2–77.4%) | Against the majority |
| Renew post-9/11 surveillance programs that allow searching electronic data without a warrant (FISA reauthorization) | April 19, 2024 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (25.9% support, likely 21–30.8%) | With the majority |
| Recognize same-sex and interracial marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (63.2% support, likely 57.2–69.2%) | Against the majority |
| Require all federal agencies to recognize same-sex marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (61.5% support, likely 55.1–67.9%) | Against the majority |
| Clean-energy tax credits, lower ACA premiums and Medicare drug price negotiation (Inflation Reduction Act) | August 7, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (67% support, likely 62–71.9%) | Against the majority |
| $52 billion for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research (CHIPS and Science Act) | July 27, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (59.3% support, likely 54.2–64.5%) | Against the majority |
| Increase spending on mental health and school safety, and tighten gun background checks for buyers under 21 (Bipartisan Safer Communities Act) | June 23, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (78.7% support, likely 72.7–84.7%) | Against the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (second wording) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (60.9% support, likely 54.5–67.3%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (70.3% support, likely 64.2–76.4%) | Against the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (61.4% support, likely 56.3–66.5%) | Against the majority |
| Appoint Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (54.4% support, likely 49–59.9%) | Too close to call |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (74.4% support, likely 68.2–80.6%) | Against the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (83.5% support, likely 79.4–87.7%) | Against the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (74.4% support, likely 68.8–80%) | Against the majority |
| Increase federal spending on high-tech research and development (U.S. Innovation and Competition Act) | June 8, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (60.4% support, likely 54.6–66.3%) | Against the majority |
| Establish a commission to investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol | May 28, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (57% support, likely 51.1–62.9%) | Against the majority |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (53% support, likely 47.8–58.3%) | Too close to call |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (55% support, likely 49.1–61%) | Too close to call |
| Impeach and convict President Trump (January 2021) | February 13, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (51.2% support, likely 40–62.3%) | Too close to call |
| CARES Act ($2 trillion in coronavirus relief, March 2020) | March 25, 2020 · official record | Did not vote | Most support (86.1% support, likely 82.3–90%) | Didn't vote |
| Remove President Trump from office for obstruction of Congress | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (40.3% support, likely 34.9–45.8%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for abuse of power | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (42% support, likely 36.5–47.5%) | With the majority |
| Build a wall on the southern border | March 14, 2019 · official record | Yea (against the proposal) | Most oppose (42.9% support, likely 40.3–45.5%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.5% support, likely 48.5–58.6%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (48.6% support, likely 41.8–55.5%) | Too close to call |
| Appoint Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (56.1% support, likely 50.7–61.5%) | With the majority |
| Repeal only the Affordable Care Act's requirement that everyone have health insurance | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (42.3% support, likely 37.3–47.3%) | Related bill, not counted |
| The 2017 tax bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (59.8% support, likely 54.8–64.9%) | With the majority |
| Impose sanctions on countries and firms doing business with North Korea | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (70.3% support, likely 65.5–75.1%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Require the President to get Congress's approval to ease sanctions on Russia | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (75.9% support, likely 71.5–80.3%) | With the majority |
| Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea) | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (78.6% support, likely 72.2–85%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (50.1% support, likely 44.7–55.5%) | Too close to call |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (47.2% support, likely 40.1–54.3%) | Too close to call |
| Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (government funding through September 2017) | May 4, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (68.7% support, likely 61.7–75.6%) | Against the majority |
| Appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (55.6% support, likely 50.6–60.7%) | With the majority |
| Confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (50.9% support, likely 43.8–58%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education | February 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (40.1% support, likely 33.1–47.1%) | Against the majority |
| Education reform (Every Student Succeeds Act, replacing No Child Left Behind) | December 9, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (80.6% support, likely 76.1–85.2%) | Against the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (63.5% support, likely 58–68.9%) | With the majority |
| Highway and transportation funding (FAST Act) | December 3, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (73.1% support, likely 68–78.3%) | Against the majority |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Did not vote | Most support (58.3% support, likely 53–63.6%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Did not vote | Most support (64.5% support, likely 57.3–71.6%) | Related bill, not counted |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (74.8% support, likely 67.7–81.9%) | With the majority |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (70.7% support, likely 62.7–78.6%) | With the majority |
| Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (change how Medicare pays doctors) | April 14, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (70% support, likely 64.9–75%) | Against the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | January 29, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (61.9% support, likely 54.7–69.2%) | With the majority |
| Raise the debt ceiling | February 12, 2014 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (41.3% support, likely 36.3–46.4%) | With the majority |
| Agriculture bill (farm programs and food stamps, 2014 Farm Bill) | February 4, 2014 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (60.8% support, likely 55.8–65.8%) | Against the majority |
| Let states collect sales tax on online purchases from out-of-state sellers (Marketplace Fairness Act) | May 6, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (40.1% support, likely 31.8–48.4%) | With the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (86.9% support, likely 79–94.7%) | Against the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (96.2% support, likely 92.5–99.9%) | Against the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (61.8% support, likely 56.5–67.1%) | Against the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (43.9% support, likely 38.8–48.9%) | With the majority |
| Ryan budget plan (House budget resolution for 2013) | May 16, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (25.5% support, likely 20.5–30.4%) | Against the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | March 8, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (77.2% support, likely 72.4–82%) | With the majority |
| Let employers and insurers refuse to cover birth control for religious or moral reasons (Blunt amendment) | March 1, 2012 · official record | Nay (for the proposal) | Most oppose (43.5% support, likely 38.1–48.9%) | Against the majority |
| U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement | October 12, 2011 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (49.5% support, likely 44.1–54.9%) | Too close to call |
Attendance
In the 119th Congress, Mike Lee missed 28 of 915 Senate votes (3.1%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 96.6% of the time.