This report card includes information on more than 900 bills introduced during this Congress. So far, Sen. Portman has taken the following action during this Congress:

voted against H.R.131 the Kalief’s Law.

voted against H.R.5305 the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act.

voted against H.R.5376 the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

voted against H.R.5746 the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act.

co-sponsored S.5336 the A bill to reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act..

co-sponsored S.133 the Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2021.

co-sponsored S.133 the Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2021.

co-sponsored S.133 the Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2021.

sponsored S.133 the Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2021.

co-sponsored S.133 the Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2021.

co-sponsored S.133 the Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2021.

co-sponsored S.213 the TRUE EQUITY Act.

co-sponsored S.3350 the Helping Foster and Homeless Youth Achieve Act.

co-sponsored S.3552 the Targeting Resources to Communities in Need Act of 2022.

co-sponsored S.3616 the Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act of 2022.

co-sponsored S.3623 the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022.

co-sponsored S.3797 the Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2022.

co-sponsored S.4257 the Access to Baby Formula Act of 2022.

co-sponsored S.4556 the Respect for Marriage Act.

sponsored S.4747 the Investing in Kids’ Mental Health Now Act of 2022.

sponsored S.5108 the Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2022.

co-sponsored S.5126 the ED ACCESS Act of 2022.

As with any scorecard, this tool is inherently limited. Some members may score differently than they might expect because a committee assignment requires they work primarily on issues outside the scope of CDF’s portfolio. Additionally, because the important work done by leadership in Congress is not entirely captured by our model, Members of Congress in leadership roles tend to appear near the middle of our range of grades. There are some data limitations as well. A truly comprehensive measure of action taken on behalf of children would likely include things like floor statements, committee votes, votes on amendments, public leadership, and much more. An expansion of this Report Card to include those additional data may be possible in the future.

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