Service history
16 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2011
- Senator UT 2011–present
Background
- background Born June 4, 1971; lawyer
- background Son of U.S. Solicitor General Rex E. Lee; brother of Utah Supreme Court justice Thomas Rex Lee
- background Clerk for Samuel Alito (Third Circuit and Supreme Court); assistant U.S. attorney (2002–2005)
- achievement U.S. Senator from Utah since 2011; defeated Bob Bennett in 2010 primary; reelected 2016, 2022
- role Utah's senior senator since 2019; dean of congressional delegation since 2021
- controversy Supported 2020 election overturn efforts; did not sign amicus brief; voted to certify outcome
Contributions received
Data from FEC
Recorded individual contributions: $3,292 ·
Track record
Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source
- Roll-call participation →
voted in 30 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%
Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.
- Bills sponsored →
plus 220 cosponsored
A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.
- Sponsored bills enacted →
of 134 bills sponsored
Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.
- Party-unity voting →
votes with the party majority · median 100% · on 11 party-line votes
Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.
- Cross-party voting →
votes with the other party's majority on those same votes
The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.
- Documented positions →
no positions documented yet
Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.
- Committee assignments →
committees and subcommittees
Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.
Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Mike Lee. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.
Voting record
Data from senate.gov roll-call records
Full voting record (30 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 30 of 890 recorded roll calls
Committee assignments (15)
Data from Congress.gov committee memberships
- Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights Subcommittee Chairman
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman · oversees Energy
- Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy Subcommittee Chairman · oversees Energy
- Budget Committee
- Constitution Subcommittee
- Energy Subcommittee Ex Officio · oversees Energy
- Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights Subcommittee
- Foreign Relations Committee
- Judiciary Committee · oversees Technology
- National Parks Subcommittee Ex Officio
- Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Ex Officio
- Water and Power Subcommittee Ex Officio
- East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy Subcommittee
- Intellectual Property Subcommittee
- Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism Subcommittee
Issue positions (3)
Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills
- DefenseFull support from votes
- Economy & TaxesFull support from votes
- Foreign PolicyFull support from votes
Documented relationships
Documented facts about Lee, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.
No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.
Frequent co-sponsors
Connections network
Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)
- S 5372Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026sponsoredAug 6, 2026
- SRES 844A resolution honoring the lives and service of Emily Barker, Nicholas Hutcherson, Sydney Watson, Nathan Matthews, Nicholas Dale, and all those who serve on the front lines of wildland firefighting efforts in the United States.cosponsoredAug 6, 2026
- S 5371A bill to close loopholes in the immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt to enter the United States unlawfully, and for other purposes.sponsoredAug 6, 2026
- S 5355Ballots by Election Day ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
- S 5347Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 2026sponsoredAug 5, 2026
- S 5338Energy Efficiency Reform Act of 2026sponsoredAug 5, 2026
- S 5262Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 4, 2026
- SJRES 205A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Small Off-Road Engines Regulations; Notice of Decision".cosponsoredAug 4, 2026
- S 5206Cold War Military Force Repeal ActcosponsoredJul 29, 2026
- S 5185Audit the Pentagon ActcosponsoredJul 29, 2026
- S 5191Citizenship for International Adoptees Act of 2026sponsoredJul 29, 2026
- S 5202Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research ActsponsoredJul 29, 2026
- S 5158Federal Insurance Office Abolishment Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 28, 2026
- S 5152Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity ActcosponsoredJul 27, 2026
- SRES 812A resolution recognizing the 179th anniversary of the arrival of pioneers belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Great Salt Lake Valley, honoring the enduring pioneer spirit that shaped the American West, and celebrating its continued relevance to the unfolding American story.cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
- S 5128GRACE ActsponsoredJul 22, 2026
- S 5129PROTECT Act of 2026sponsoredJul 22, 2026
- S 5039License to Drill ActsponsoredJul 20, 2026
- S 5000Cyber Letters of Marque and Reprisal ActsponsoredJul 14, 2026
- S 4978Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 13, 2026
- S 4975HEATS ActcosponsoredJul 13, 2026
- S 4956Farmers and Ranchers Relief Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
- SRES 801A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina.cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
- S 4954Citizenship Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
- S 4931End EPA Abuse Act of 2026sponsoredJun 23, 2026
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