Roy Blunt

Blunt was born on January 10, 1950, in Niangua, Missouri,{{Cite web|title=Blunt, Roy|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000575|access-date=2021-01-21|website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}} the son of Neva Dora (née Letterman) and Leroy Blunt, a politician.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} He earned a B.A. degree in history in 1970 from Southwest Baptist University.{{cite web|url=http://www.gasconadecountyrepublican.com/news/gasconade_county/article_f530b38a-a6f9-5ae2-a8b7-3cc07bb15e70.html|title=U.S. Senate candidate Roy Blunt scheduled to speak at Republican Committee picnic Sept. 13|work=Gasconade County Republican|date=August 26, 2009|access-date=2016-09-19|archive-date=September 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913024335/http://www.gasconadecountyrepublican.com/news/gasconade_county/article_f530b38a-a6f9-5ae2-a8b7-3cc07bb15e70.html|url-status=dead}}

Two years later, he earned a master's degree in history from Southwest Missouri State University.{{cite web|url=http://history.house.gov/People/Detail/9520|title=Roy Blunt: profile |publisher=United States House |access-date=2016-09-19}} During his time in college, he received three draft deferments from the Vietnam War.{{cite web|url=https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/senator-faces-controversy-over-vietnam-era-draft-deferments |title=Senator faces controversy over Vietnam-era draft deferments |work=The Rachel Maddow Show |date=February 12, 2016 |publisher=MSNBC |access-date=September 17, 2016}} Blunt was a high school history teacher at Marshfield High School in the city of Marshfield from 1970 to 1972;{{cite news|last1=Wise|first1=Lindsay|title=Roy Blunt, a Capitol Hill master strategist, faces his toughest political challenge |url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article108217977.html|access-date=October 22, 2016 |work=Kansas City Star|date=October 14, 2016}} he later taught at Southwest Baptist University and as a member of the adjunct faculty at Drury University.

He went on to serve as president of Southwest Baptist University, his alma mater, from 1993 to 1996.{{cite web|title=BLUNT, Roy|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000575|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=November 23, 2016}}

Blunt entered politics in 1973, when he was appointed county clerk and chief election official of Greene County, Missouri. He was subsequently elected to the position three times and served a total of 12 years.

In 1980 incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Bill Phelps ran for governor. Blunt, the Greene County Clerk, decided to run for the open seat and won the Republican primary, but lost the general election to State Representative Ken Rothman 56%–44%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=374210|title=Our Campaigns - MO Lt. Governor Race|date=November 4, 1980|work=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=September 17, 2016|author=}}

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In 1984, after incumbent Democratic Missouri Secretary of State James Kirkpatrick decided to retire, Blunt ran for the position and won the Republican primary with 79% of the vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=381618|title=Our Campaigns - MO Secretary of State - R Primary Race|date=August 7, 1984|work=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=September 17, 2016|author=}} In the general election, he defeated Democratic State Representative Gary D. Sharpe 54%–46%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=374216|title=Our Campaigns – MO Secretary of State Race|date=November 6, 1984|work=ourcampaigns.com|author=|access-date=September 17, 2016}} He became the first Republican to hold the post in 50 years.

In 1988, he won reelection against Democrat James Askew 61%–38%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=374217|title=Our Campaigns – MO Secretary of State Race|date=November 8, 1988|work=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=September 17, 2016|author=}}

{{See also|1992 Missouri gubernatorial election}}

Since incumbent Republican Governor John Ashcroft was term-limited, Blunt ran for the governorship in 1992. Missouri Attorney General William Webster won the Republican primary, defeating Blunt and Missouri Treasurer Wendell Bailey 44%–40%–15%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=374223|title=Our Campaigns - MO Governor – R Primary Race|date=August 4, 1992|work=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=September 17, 2016|author=}} Webster lost the general election to Mel Carnahan.

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In 1996 Blunt decided to run for the United States House of Representatives after incumbent U.S. Representative Mel Hancock honored his pledge to serve only four terms. Blunt ran in Missouri's 7th congressional district, the state's most conservative district, in the Ozark Mountains in the southwest. Blunt's political action committee is the Rely on Your Beliefs Fund.

On August 6, 1996, he won the Republican primary, defeating Gary Nodler 56%–44%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=375005|title=Our Campaigns - MO District 7 – R Primary Race – Aug 06, 1996|work=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=September 17, 2016|author=|date=September 17, 2016}} In the general election, he defeated Democrat Ruth Bamberger 65%–32%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=29616|title=Our Campaigns – MO District 7 Race|date=November 5, 1996|work=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=September 17, 2016|author=}}

Blunt voted in favor of school prayer and supported the No Child Left Behind Act. He voted in favor of school vouchers within the District of Columbia but against broader legislation allowing states to use federal money to issue vouchers for private or religious schools. He received a 17% rating from the National Education Association in 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.issues2000.org/House/Roy_Blunt_Education.htm|title=Roy Blunt on Education|author=|work=On The Issues|access-date=September 17, 2016}}

Blunt received a 97% rating from the United States Chamber of Commerce. He supported efforts to overhaul U.S. bankruptcy laws, requiring consumers who seek bankruptcy protection to repay more of their debts.{{cite web|url=http://www.issues2000.org/House/Roy_Blunt_Corporations.htm|title=Roy Blunt on Corporations|author=|work=On The Issues|access-date=September 17, 2016}}

Blunt opposes federal cap and trade legislation and supports drilling for oil on the U.S. coastline. He does not believe in man-made global warming, stating: "There isn't any real science to say we are altering the climate or path of the Earth."{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/02/04/133498148/taking-the-politics-out-of-climate-science|title=Taking The Politics Out Of Climate Science|work=NPR|date=February 4, 2011|access-date=October 25, 2012}}

Blunt voted to prohibit lawsuits against gun manufacturers and dealers if the guns they manufacture or sell are later used in a crime. He has also voted to require anyone who purchases a gun at a gun show to go through a background check that must be completed within 24 hours.{{cite web|title=H.R.2122 - Mandatory Gun Show Background Check Act|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-bill/2122/|website=Congress.gov|date=June 18, 1999}} He has received an "A" rating from the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF).{{cite web|url=http://www.issues2000.org/House/Roy_Blunt_Gun_Control.htm|title=Roy Blunt on Gun Control|author= OTI Staff|work=On The Issues|access-date=September 17, 2016}}

Blunt chaired the House Republican Health Care Solutions Group.{{Cite news|title=The (un)truth about health reform|newspaper=Springfield News-Leader|date=August 19, 2009|url=http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090819/OPINIONS02/908190410&plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:de5914c7-a167-4b4f-b2d7-f1e40afcc5fe|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822125123/http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20090819%2FOPINIONS02%2F908190410&plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey%3Ade5914c7-a167-4b4f-b2d7-f1e40afcc5fe|archive-date=August 22, 2009}}

In 2006, Blunt successfully advocated for legislation that placed restrictions on over-the-counter cold medicines that could be used in the production of methamphetamines. The legislation, called the Combat Meth Act, was opposed by retail and drug lobbyists.

In August 2009, Blunt stated in two separate newspaper interviews that, because he was 59 years old, "In either Canada or Great Britain, if I broke my hip, I couldn't get it replaced." He stated he had heard the statement in Congressional testimony by "some people who are supposed to be experts on Canadian health care." The PolitiFact service of the St. Petersburg Times reported that it could not find any such testimony.{{cite web|title=At 59, GOP Congressman says he couldn't get a hip replacement in Canada or England|work=PolitiFact|author=Jacobson, Louis|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/aug/19/roy-blunt/59-gop-congressman-says-he-couldnt-get-hip|date=August 19, 2009|access-date=September 19, 2020}}

Blunt voted against HR 2007-018, which raised the federal minimum wage to $7.25 per hour.{{cite web|url=http://www.komu.com/news/raising-the-minimum-wage-becomes-topic-of-conversation-on-labor-day|title=Raising the minimum wage becomes topic of conversation on Labor Day|author=Henderson, Amanda|work=Komu.com|date=2016-09-05|access-date=2016-11-02}}

He has voted to ban partial-birth abortions and to restrict or criminalize transporting minors across state lines for the purpose of getting an abortion. He opposes federal funding for elective abortions in accordance with the Hyde Amendment.{{cite web|url=http://www.issues2000.org/House/Roy_Blunt_Abortion.htm|title=Roy Blunt on Abortion|author=|work=On The Issues|access-date=September 17, 2016}}

He voted in favor of the unsuccessful Federal Marriage Amendment which sought to place a national ban on same-sex marriage, and has voted against gay adoption. He received 94% lifetime and 96% 2004 ratings from the conservative American Conservative Union, a 14% rating from the ACLU,{{cite web|url=http://www.issues2000.org/House/Roy_Blunt_Civil_Rights.htm#1998-133|title=Roy Blunt on Civil Rights|author=|date=September 17, 2016|work=On The Issues|access-date=September 17, 2016}} and a 92% rating from the conservative Christian Coalition.{{cite web|url=http://www.issues2000.org/House/Roy_Blunt_Families_+_Children.htm|title=Roy Blunt on Families & Children|author=|access-date=September 17, 2016|work=On The Issues}}

In 2005, Blunt supported President George W. Bush's proposal to partially privatize Social Security for those under the age of 55.{{cite web|url=http://states.aarp.org/mo-senate|title=Social Security Looms Over Senate Race -AARP States|author=Bridges, George|website=States.aarp.org|date=October 2016|access-date=2016-11-02}}

After only one term, Blunt was appointed Chief Deputy Whip, the highest appointed position in the House Republican Caucus. In that capacity, he served as the Republicans' chief vote-counter. In 2002, when Dick Armey retired and fellow Texan Tom DeLay was elected to succeed him, Blunt was elected to succeed DeLay as House Majority Whip.{{cite web|url=http://history.house.gov/People/Detail/9520|title=Blunt, Roy|work=US House of Representatives – Archives|access-date=February 29, 2016}}

Blunt served as Majority Leader on an acting basis starting in September 2005, after DeLay was indicted on felony charges involving campaign finance. On January 8, 2006, one day after DeLay announced that he would not seek to regain his position, Blunt announced he would run to permanently replace DeLay.[http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/08/house.majorityleader/index.html "Boehner, Blunt seek to replace DeLay: Lawmakers debate scandals' impact on mid-term elections"], CNN.com, January 8, 2006.

On January 14, 2006, Blunt issued a release claiming that the majority of the Republican caucus had endorsed him as DeLay's successor.[http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/01/blunt_claims_vi.html "Blunt Claims Victory"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060118032820/http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/01/blunt_claims_vi.html |date=January 18, 2006 }}, National Journal, January 14, 2006 But when the election was held by secret ballot on February 2, 2006, U.S. Representative John Boehner of Ohio won on the second ballot, with 122 votes to 109 for Blunt. In November 2006, House Republicans elected Blunt to their second-highest position during the 110th Congress, Minority Whip. Blunt handily defeated U.S. Representative John Shadegg of Arizona for the position.{{cite web|url=https://www.komu.com/news/roy-blunt-elected-minority-whip|title=Roy Blunt Elected Minority Whip|work=komu.com|date=November 17, 2006|access-date=September 19, 2020}} He announced he would step down from the position in late 2008, following two successive election cycles where House Republicans had lost seats, avoiding a difficult battle with his deputy, Eric Cantor, who was urged by some to challenge Blunt for the position.Kraske, Steve. [http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/15546 Roy Blunt to step down as No. 2 Republican in House], Kansas City Star, November 6, 2008.{{cite web|author=O'Connor, Patrick|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15390.html|title=Blunt steps down as party's whip|work=Politico|date=November 6, 2008|access-date=September 19, 2020}}

Upon entering the U.S. House, Blunt served on the House International Relations Committee, the House Committee on Agriculture, and the House Transportation Committee. In 1999, he gave up seats on the latter two committees and joined the Committee on Energy and Commerce. In addition he became a member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

{{Main|2010 United States Senate election in Missouri}}

On February 19, 2009, Blunt announced he would seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate election for the seat being vacated by incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Kit Bond. He successfully ran against Democratic nominee Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, Constitution Party nominee Jerry Beck, Libertarian nominee Jonathan Dine, and write-in candidates Mark S. Memoly, Frazier Miller, Jeff Wirick and Richie L. Wolfe.[http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/candidatelist.asp?eid=287 Official candidate list], Missouri Secretary of State website; accessed November 9, 2016.

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Blunt "has one of the Senate's most conservative voting records, yet he generally avoids the confrontational, firebrand style" and during his tenure in the U.S. Senate "Blunt's most significant legislative accomplishments all had Democrat co-sponsors."{{cite news|last1=Raasch|first1=Chuck|title=Roy Blunt's quest for bipartisan results|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/roy-blunt-s-quest-for-bipartisan-results/article_89b26716-40df-5712-817e-934ef9554f39.html|access-date=November 2, 2016|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=October 31, 2016}} The Lugar Center and Georgetown's McCourt School of Public Policy's Bipartisan Index ranked Blunt the 11th most bipartisan senator in the first session of the 115th United States Congress.{{cite news|url=http://www.thelugarcenter.org/assets/htmldocuments/Senate%20Scores%20115th%20Congress%20First%20Session.pdf|publisher=The Lugar Center|title=The Lugar Center - McCourt School Bipartisan Index|date=April 24, 2018|access-date=July 9, 2018|location=Washington, D.C.}}

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Blunt was at the U.S. Capitol when Trump supporters attacked it on January 6, 2021, serving as a teller for the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count certification, alongside Senator Amy Klobuchar, Representative Rodney Davis, and Representative Zoe Lofgren.{{cite news |last1=Fox |first1=Lauren |last2=Mattingly |first2=Phil |title=The presidential electoral circus draws to an end in Congress |url=https://www.kten.com/story/43135305/the-presidential-electoral-circus-draws-to-an-end-in-congress |access-date=January 12, 2021 |work=KTEN |agency=CNN |date=January 6, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113061150/https://www.kten.com/story/43135305/the-presidential-electoral-circus-draws-to-an-end-in-congress |url-status=dead }} Before the certification, Blunt said he would support the certification of the election, in contrast to his fellow Missouri senator Josh Hawley.{{cite news |last1=Barker |first1=Kimberly |title=Area legislators share stances on certifying election results |url=https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/area-legislators-share-stances-on-certifying-election-results/article_4ee80c65-1783-5b5e-b0f8-4df3f06d7bbf.html |access-date=January 13, 2021 |work=Joplin Globe |date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}} While Blunt observed the deliberations over the objection to counting Arizona's votes, led by Ted Cruz, the Capitol was breached. Along with other senators, Blunt was removed from the Senate floor to an undisclosed location as the insurrectionists moved closer to the Senate chambers. He tweeted during the attack that the "violence and destruction" needed to stop and that "This is not who we are as a nation."{{cite news |last1=Hopf |first1=Matt |title=Local lawmakers denounce Capitol protest |url=https://www.whig.com/news/illinois-news/local-lawmakers-denounce-capitol-protest/article_ca6f352a-96cd-5e95-ac36-19ee801f6030.html |access-date=January 13, 2021 |work=Herald-Whig |date=January 6, 2021 |language=en}} Blunt stated that Trump "was a part of it", referring to the insurrection.{{cite news |last1=Dennis |first1=Steven T. |last2=Dillard |first2=Jarrell |title=Republicans Recoil From Trump as Violence Proves Too Much |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-07/capitol-violence-marks-opening-for-gop-to-distance-from-trump?srnd=premium |access-date=January 13, 2021 |work=Bloomberg |date=January 7, 2021 |language=en}}

In the wake of the attack, Blunt said he would not support impeaching Trump and that there was "no time" to do so. He also called it a "disappointment" that Democrats were considering impeachment.{{cite news |last1=Medina |first1=David |title=MO Sen. Roy Blunt on Trump impeachment: 'It's not going to happen' |url=https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/mo-sen-roy-blunt-on-trump-impeachment-its-not-going-to-happen |access-date=January 13, 2021 |work=KSHB |date=January 8, 2021 |language=en}} In an interview with Face the Nation, Blunt said, "the president touched the hot stove on Wednesday and is unlikely to touch it again."{{cite news |last1=Cillizza |first1=Chris |title=Analysis: This Republican senator is apparently totally unfamiliar with Donald Trump |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/11/politics/roy-blunt-donald-trump-capitol-riot/index.html |access-date=January 13, 2021 |work=CNN |date=January 11, 2021}}

As master of ceremonies for the inauguration of Joe Biden as president, Blunt delivered a short speech expounding the Constitution's Preamble, noting that unlike the Articles of Confederation or the Magna Carta, it roots and establishes law and authority in "We the People". Blunt remarked that the endeavor to create a "more perfect Union" is a continuing project and said, "we are more than we have been and we are less than we hope to be".{{Cite web|last=Huguelet|first=Austin|date=January 20, 2021|title=Missouri's Roy Blunt: Trump's decision not to attend inauguration a 'personal mistake'|url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/20/missouri-mo-sen-roy-blunt-trump-decision-not-attend-inauguration-personal-mistake/4233169001/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121010032/https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/20/missouri-mo-sen-roy-blunt-trump-decision-not-attend-inauguration-personal-mistake/4233169001/|archive-date=January 21, 2021|access-date=January 22, 2021|website=Springfield News-Leader|language=en-US}}

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Senate assignments

During the 117th Congress, Blunt's committee and subcommittee appointments are as follows.{{cite web|url=https://www.blunt.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/committee-assignments|title=Committee Assignments|publisher=United States Senate|access-date=2017-05-17}}

• Committee on Appropriations
• Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
• Subcommittee on Department of Defense
• Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
• Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (Ranking Member)
• Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
• Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
• Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
• Subcommittee on Aviation and Space
• Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet
• Subcommittee on Security
• Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety
• Committee on Rules and Administration (Ranking Member)
• Joint Committee on Printing (Vice Ranking Member)
• Joint Committee on the Library (Vice Ranking Member)
• Select Committee on Intelligence

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In 2013, Blunt worked with Monsanto to author a rider called the Farmer Assurance Provision,{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/monsanto-protection-act-killed-senate-controversial-provision-removed-spending-bill-1412160|title='Monsanto Protection Act' Killed In Senate: Controversial Provision Removed From Spending Bill|author=Sheets, Connor Adams|work=International Business Times|date=September 27, 2013|access-date=November 9, 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Carpenter|first1=Zoe|title=How Congress Just Stuck It to Monsanto|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/how-congress-just-stuck-it-monsanto/|access-date=November 3, 2016|publisher=The Nation|date=October 17, 2013}} which was added into the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013. The rider's language originated in an agriculture spending bill in the U.S. House.{{cite news|last1=Wise|first1=Lindsay|title=Criticism of Sen. Roy Blunt's role in agriculture provision illustrates concerns about Congress|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article24748024.html|access-date=November 2, 2016|publisher=McClatchy DC|date=April 15, 2013}}

Since 2014, Blunt has been the largest recipient of campaign contributions from Monsanto,{{cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000055&cycle=2014|title=Monsanto Co: Summary|publisher=opensecrets.org|access-date=November 9, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000055|title=Monsanto Co: Summary - OpenSecrets|publisher=opensecrets.org|access-date=November 9, 2016}} which is headquartered in Missouri.{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/04/sen-roy-blunt-monsantos-man-washington|title=Sen. Roy Blunt: Monsanto's Man in Washington|publisher=opensecrets.org|access-date=November 9, 2016}}

According to progressive news magazine The Nation, the rider "curtailed already weak oversight over the handful of agro-giants that control the GMO market by allowing crops that a judge ruled were not properly approved to continue to be planted." According to Blunt, who did not add the rider to the bill but who supported it, "What it says is if you plant a crop that is legal to plant when you plant it, you get to harvest it". He later led Senate Republicans in defeating an amendment by Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley to repeal the provision.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/senate-dems-fail-overturn-monsanto-protection-act-article-1.1353287|title=Senate GOP quashes attempt to overturn 'Monsanto Protection Act'|location=New York|work=nydailynews.com}} Blunt claimed all the amendment did "was repeat {{sic}} authority that the secretary in a hearing the other day, before the Agri[culture] Approp[riations] committee the other day, said he already had. And it didn't require the secretary to do anything that the secretary thought was the wrong thing to do. Which is one of the reasons I thought it was fine".{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/monsanto-protection-act_n_3322180.html|work=Huffington Post|first1=Ryan|last1=Grim|first2=Lucia|last2=Graves|title='Monsanto Protection Act' Defended By Roy Blunt, Farm State Senator (UPDATE)|date=May 23, 2013|access-date=September 18, 2020}}

In 2020, Blunt voted to acquit Trump in his first impeachment trial.{{Cite web|date=2020-01-29|title=Sen. Blunt Opposes Trump Impeachment, Backs Medical Marijuana Banking|url=https://news.stlpublicradio.org/government-politics-issues/2020-01-28/sen-blunt-opposes-trump-impeachment-backs-medical-marijuana-banking|access-date=2020-11-05|website=St. Louis Public Radio|language=en}}

In 2021, Blunt was one of 43 senators who voted to acquit Trump in his second impeachment trial.{{Cite web|last=Mastrangelo|first=Dominick|date=2021-03-09|title=Trump praises retiring Blunt, who opposed his conviction|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/542392-trump-praises-retiring-blunt-who-opposed-his-conviction/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=The Hill|language=en}}

In 2022, after the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, Blunt said that Trump "should have turned over all the documents" to the National Archives when he left office. Blunt also expressed concern over the timing of the search, citing the upcoming midterm elections..{{cite web|last=Mueller |first=Julia |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3618788-gop-senator-trump-should-have-turned-over-all-documents/ |title=GOP senator: Trump should have turned over 'all' documents |date=August 28, 2022 |work=The Hill}}

Blunt has been opposed to raising the federal minimum wage.{{cite web|last=Sonn|first=Paul K.|url=http://www.newsweek.com/opposing-minimum-wage-hike-could-cost-gop-senate-496022|title=Opposing a Minimum Wage Hike Could Cost the GOP the Senate|work=Newsweek|date=September 8, 2016|access-date=2016-11-02}}{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00117|title=U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote|publisher=Senate.gov|access-date=2016-11-02}}

On June 20, 2013, Blunt co-sponsored the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2013. The bill was intended to permanently eliminate federal estate tax and it did not pass.{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1183/text|title=S.1183 - 113th Congress (2013-14): Death Tax Repeal Act of 2013|publisher=Congress.gov|date=2013-06-19|access-date=2016-11-02}}{{cite web|author=John Thune|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s1183|title=Death Tax Repeal Act of 2013 (2013; 113th Congress S. 1183)|publisher=GovTrack.us|access-date=2016-11-02}}

On January 17, 2014, Blunt introduced a bill called the Partnership to Build America Act. If signed into law, the bill would create a special fund to pay for infrastructure projects across the United States, according to Ripon Advance.Martin, Aaron (January 20, 2014). [http://riponadvance.com/news/blunt-bill-promote-infrastructure-improvements-create-jobs/6284 "Blunt bill would promote infrastructure improvements, create jobs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324082713/http://riponadvance.com/news/blunt-bill-promote-infrastructure-improvements-create-jobs/6284 |date=March 24, 2014 }}, riponadvance.com; retrieved January 21, 2014.

Blunt rejects the scientific consensus on climate change. In 2015, he voted against a nonbinding Senate resolution stating that "climate change is real and caused by human activity and that Congress needs to take action to cut carbon pollution."{{cite news|last1=Shesgreen|first1=Deidre|date=August 27, 2016|title=Blunt, Kander offer clear contrast on pocketbook issues|work=Springfield News-Leader|url=http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/08/27/blunt-kander-offer-clear-contrast-pocketbook-issues/89256810|access-date=November 2, 2016}} According to The Guardian, Blunt has acknowledged that climate change exists, but said that the human role in it is "unclear".{{cite news|last1=McCarthy|first1=Tom|title=Meet the Republicans in Congress who don't believe climate change is real|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/17/climate-change-denial-scepticism-republicans-congress|access-date=November 2, 2016|work=The Guardian|date=November 17, 2014}}

According to The Springfield News-Leader, "Blunt has railed against the Obama administration's proposed rules to combat global warming, which could deal a blow to Missouri's coal-fired power plants." In 2015, Blunt sponsored an unsuccessful amendment which "called on the Senate to nullify a climate change agreement in November between the United States and China in which both nations pledged to reduce their carbon emissions."{{cite news|last1=Davenport|first1=Coral|title=Senate Rejects Human Role in Climate Change|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/us/politics/senate-rejects-human-role-in-climate-change.html?_r=0|access-date=November 2, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=January 22, 2015}}

Blunt has worked to protect the coal industry and co-sponsored an amendment to urge President Obama to consult with the Senate before ratifying the Paris climate agreements.{{cite news|last=Demirjian|first=Karoun|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/11/30/trick-or-treaty-the-legal-question-hanging-over-the-paris-climate-change-conference|title=Trick or treaty? The legal question hanging over the Paris climate change conference|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2015-11-30|access-date=2016-11-02}} In 2017, he was one of 22 senators to sign a letter{{cite web|last1=Inhofe|first1=James|title=Senator|url=https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/download/?id=E1E34574-5655-42AA-92E8-0D23DC8C33BA&download=1|access-date=June 7, 2017|archive-date=June 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606005302/https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/download/?id=E1E34574-5655-42AA-92E8-0D23DC8C33BA&download=1|url-status=dead}} to Trump urging him to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. According to OpenSecrets, Blunt has received over $400,000 from the oil and gas industry since 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/01/republican-senators-paris-climate-deal-energy-donations|access-date=June 1, 2017|work=The Guardian |date=June 1, 2017|first1=Tom |last1=McCarthy|first2=Lauren|last2=Gambino |title=The Republicans who urged Trump to pull out of Paris deal are big oil darlings}}

In 2016, Blunt worked to block a carbon tax on emissions.{{cite web|last=Westwood|first=Sarah|url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/blunt-seeks-to-block-carbon-tax-from-gaining-foothold/article/2592187|title=Blunt seeks to block carbon tax from gaining foothold|work=Washington Examiner|date=2016-05-24|access-date=2016-11-02}} He supports the expanded domestic exploration for coal and natural gas. Citing his support for agriculture and energy production, Blunt "has aggressively pushed to block a rule that would allow the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate some streams, wetlands and other waters."

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In 2011, Blunt called for a no fly zone over Libya.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senator-roy-blunt-talks-entitlement-reform/story?id=13042144|title=After You, Mr. President: Sen. Roy Blunt on Social Security|first1=Jonathan|last1=Karl|first2=Gregory|last2=Simmons|work=ABC News|date=2011-03-03|access-date=2016-11-02}}

In 2018, Blunt rejected the CIA's "high confidence" assessment that Saudi prince Mohammed bin-Salman ordered the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi regime.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/meet-the-senators-who-took-saudi-money/|title=Meet the Senators Who Took Saudi Money|last=Freeman|first=Ben|website=The American Conservative|date=December 7, 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://politi.co/2KaU3gx|title='Smoking gun' would help implicate Saudi prince, Senate Republican says|last=Forgey|first=Quint|website=POLITICO|language=en|date=November 18, 2018|access-date=2018-12-10}} Blunt said, "we don't quite have all the information we’d like to have yet."

In January 2020, Blunt supported the Trump administration ordering the killing of Qasem Soleimani.{{Cite web|title='Insulting and demeaning': Two GOP lawmakers rip Trump administration after Iran briefing|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/insulting-demeaning-lawmakers-rip-trump-administration-after-iran-briefing-n1112596|access-date=2022-01-18|website=NBC News|date=January 8, 2020 |language=en}}File:President Donald Trump and Roy Blunt.jpg Donald Trump in August 2017]]

In 2021, Blunt criticized the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, arguing that there was a failure to evacuate U.S. citizens and their family members.{{cite web|url=https://www.kmov.com/news/local-dad-fights-to-evacuate-wife-young-daughter-from-afghanistan/article_6a1a403c-5494-11ec-8b87-8367139952db.html|title=Local dad fights to evacuate wife, young daughter from Afghanistan|first=Susan|last=el Khourly|work=kmov.com|date=December 3, 2021|access-date=December 7, 2021}}

Blunt has an "A" rating from the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) and has been endorsed in multiple elections.{{cite web |title=NRA-PVF Endorses Roy Blunt for U.S. Senate in Missouri |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20100903/nra-pvf-endorses-roy-blunt-for-us-senate |website=nrapvf.org |publisher=NRA-PVF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812193327/https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20100903/nra-pvf-endorses-roy-blunt-for-us-senate |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |language=en-US |date=September 3, 2010 |url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|title=NRA Endorses Roy Blunt for Re-Election to U.S. Senate|url=https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20160810/nra-endorses-roy-blunt-for-re-election-to-us-senate|website=NRA-PVF|date=August 10, 2016|access-date=October 5, 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005101136/https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20160810/nra-endorses-roy-blunt-for-re-election-to-us-senate|archive-date=October 5, 2017|url-status=live}}

In April 2013, Blunt was one of forty-six senators to vote against the passing of a bill which would have expanded background checks for all gun buyers. Blunt voted with 40 Republicans and 5 Democrats to stop the bill, which failed to pass.{{cite news|url=http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/modeling-the-senates-vote-on-gun-control|work=The New York Times|first=Nate|last=Silver|title=Modeling the Senate's Vote on Gun Control|date=April 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420020054/http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/modeling-the-senates-vote-on-gun-control|archive-date=April 20, 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Weisman|first=Jonathan|date=April 17, 2013|title=Senate Blocks Drive for Gun Control|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/us/politics/senate-obama-gun-control.html|newspaper=The New York Times|location=New York|access-date=December 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420013710/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/us/politics/senate-obama-gun-control.html|archive-date=April 20, 2013|quote=In rapid succession, a bipartisan compromise to expand background checks for gun buyers, a ban on assault weapons and a ban on high-capacity gun magazines all failed to get the 60 votes needed under an agreement between both parties.}}{{Subscription required|date=September 2023}}

One month after the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, Blunt voted for two Republican-sponsored bills. The first was proposed by John Cornyn and would have enabled a 72-hour waiting period for federal authorities to investigate individuals seeking to buy guns who are listed on the terrorist watch list. The second bill, proposed by Chuck Grassley, would have expanded background checks and made it illegal for individuals with certain mental health disorders to purchase guns. Neither bill passed. Blunt voted against two Democrat-sponsored bills, both which also did not pass, including one that would have made background checks required for online gun sales and gun sales at gun shows and another that would have not allowed anyone on the terrorist watchlist to purchase a gun.{{cite web|last1=Wise|first1=Lindsay|title=How did Missouri, Kansas senators vote on gun legislation?|url=http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article84936042.html|website=The Kansas City Star|access-date=October 5, 2017|language=en}}

In response to the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, Blunt said he was "saddened by the tragic loss of life" and offered his thoughts to the victims.{{cite web|last1=Leonhardt|first1=David|last2=Philbrick|first2=Ian Prasad|last3=Thompson|first3=Stuart A.|title=The Congress Members Receiving the Most N.R.A. Funding|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/04/opinion/thoughts-prayers-nra-funding-senators.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times|access-date=October 5, 2017|date=October 4, 2017}}

In 2022, Blunt later became one of ten Republican Senators to support a bipartisan agreement on gun control, which involved a red flag provision, a support for state crisis intervention orders, funding for school safety resources, stronger background checks for buyers under the age of 21, and penalties for straw purchases.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/12/politics/senate-gun-safety-agreement/index.html|title=Bipartisan group of senators announces agreement on gun control|publisher=CNN|last1=Bash|first1=Dana|last2=Raju|first2=Manu|last3=Judd|first3=Donald|date=June 12, 2022|accessdate=June 12, 2022}} As a result of Blunt supporting the Safer Communities Act hunter safety and school archery programs have come under attack by the Department of Education.{{cite web | url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/outdoors/2023/09/11/are-archery-and-shooting-courses-under-fire-at-missouri-schools/70800099007/ | title=Missouri's Bailey among 24 AGs seeking to protect funding for hunting safety, archery }}

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The Wall Street Journal reported in February 2012 that "Blunt introduced an amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that would allow an employer to deny health services if they conflict with their 'religious beliefs or moral convictions'."{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/02/13/gop-backs-moral-conviction-waiver-for-all-insurance-coverage/|title=GOP Backs 'Moral Conviction' Waiver for All Insurance Coverage|work=The Wall Street Journal|author=Favate, Sam|date=February 13, 2012|access-date=September 18, 2020}}

Blunt said of the amendment, "[W]as it an overreach when Mrs. Clinton put it in the Clinton health care plan in 1994? I don't think it's an overreach at all. It doesn't mention any specific procedure. It doesn't even suggest the mandate should be eliminated."{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73415.html#ixzz1nkRS9RsA|title=Roy Blunt: The new culture warrior|work=Politico|author=Wong, Scott|date=February 28, 2012|access-date=2014-08-20}}

In 2012, Blunt attempted to add an amendment to a highway funding bill that would allow employers to refuse to provide health insurance for birth control and contraceptives.{{Cite news |last1=Aizenman |first1=N. C. |last2=Helderman |first2=Rosalind S. |date=2012-03-01 |title=Birth control exemption bill, the 'Blunt amendment,' killed in Senate |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/birth-control-exemption-bill-the-blunt-amendment-killed-in-senate/2012/03/01/gIQA4tXjkR_story.html |access-date=2018-03-09 |issn=0190-8286}} In a press release, Blunt defended the amendment on the grounds that it protected the First Amendment rights of religious employers; the amendment failed, with 51 senators voting against it.{{Cite news |author1=Tom Cohen |author2=Dan Merica |title=Senate kills controversial 'conscience' amendment - CNNPolitics |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/03/01/politics/senate-health-care/index.html |access-date=2018-03-09}}{{Cite news |last=Swanson |first=Ian |date=2012-03-01 |title=Senate rejects Blunt amendment to limit birth-control mandate |language=en |work=TheHill |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/107485-senate-rejects-blunt-amendment-to-limit-birth-control-mandate/ |access-date=2018-03-09}}

In July 2013, Blunt indicated that he would not support efforts to tie raising the federal debt ceiling to defunding Obamacare. In an interview on MSNBC, he expressed his opinion that Obamacare is "destined to fail", but that raising the debt ceiling should not be "held hostage" to "any specific thing".{{cite news|last1=Sargent|first1=Greg|title=Another GOP Senator breaks with debt ceiling hostage strategy|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/07/24/another-gop-senator-breaks-with-debt-ceiling-hostage-strategy|access-date=August 13, 2014|newspaper=Washington Post|date=July 24, 2013}}

In 2016, Senators Blunt and Patty Murray (D-WA) co-sponsored a successful $2 billion funding increase for the National Institutes of Health, the first such research increase in over a decade.

Blunt has supported legislation benefitting tobacco company Philip Morris.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} His wife and second wife have served as lobbyists for Philip Morris in the past.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Blunt supported Trump's Supreme Court nominees, Brett Kavanaugh,{{Cite news|title=Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt Outlines Why He Supports Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh|language=en|work=NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/09/07/645665407/missouri-sen-roy-blunt-outlines-why-he-supports-supreme-court-nominee-kavanaugh|access-date=2022-02-04}} Neil Gorsuch,{{Cite web|title=Blunt Praises Gorsuch Confirmation {{!}} U.S. Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri|url=https://www.blunt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/blunt-praises-gorsuch-confirmation|access-date=2022-02-04|website=www.blunt.senate.gov|language=en}} and Amy Coney Barrett.{{Cite web|title=Blunt Meets with Judge Amy Coney Barrett {{!}} U.S. Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri|url=https://www.blunt.senate.gov/news/press-releases/blunt-meets-with-judge-amy-coney-barrett|access-date=2022-02-04|website=www.blunt.senate.gov|language=en}}{{Cite news|title=Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt Outlines Why He Supports Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh|language=en|work=NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/09/07/645665407/missouri-sen-roy-blunt-outlines-why-he-supports-supreme-court-nominee-kavanaugh|access-date=2022-01-18}}

In September 2020, less than two months before the next presidential election, Blunt supported an immediate Senate vote on Trump's nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death. In February 2016, Blunt rejected consideration of President Obama's Supreme Court nominee during a presidential election year, opining that the "Senate should not confirm a new Supreme Court justice until we have a new president."{{cite news |last1=Desjardins |first1=Lisa |title=What every Republican senator has said about filling a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-every-republican-senator-has-said-about-filling-a-supreme-court-vacancy-in-an-election-year |access-date=September 27, 2020 |work=PBS NewsHour |date=September 22, 2020}}

Blunt supported President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order to temporarily curtail Muslim immigration until better screening methods are devised. He stated "[Trump] is doing what he told the American people he would do. I would not support a travel ban on Muslims; I do support increased vetting on people applying to travel from countries with extensive terrorist ties or activity. These seven countries meet that standard. Our top priority should be to keep Americans safe."{{cite web|last1=Blake|first1=Aaron|title=Coffman, Gardner join Republicans against President Trump's travel ban; here's where the rest stand|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/29/republicans-on-trump-travel-ban|website=Denver Post|date=January 29, 2017|access-date=January 30, 2017}}

On May 28, 2021, Blunt abstained from voting on the creation of an independent commission to investigate the Capitol riot.{{cite web |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 21, 2021 |title=Which senators supported a Jan. 6 Capitol riot commission |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/january6-commission-senators-vote/ |access-date=May 29, 2021 |last1=Stevenson |first1=Peter W. |last2=Blanco |first2=Adrian |last3=Santamariña |first3=Daniela}}

In 2013, Blunt voted against Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would have outlawed employer discrimination based on sexuality or gender identity.{{Cite news |author=Liebelson, Dana |date=November 7, 2013 |title=Meet the 32 Senate Republicans who voted to continue LGBT discrimination in the workplace |language=en-US |work=Mother Jones |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/senate-republicans-lgbt-discrimination-employment-transgender-gay/ |access-date=2018-03-09}} In 2022, Blunt stated his support for gay marriage, recanting his longstanding opposition, and later that year voted for the Respect for Marriage Act.{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Garrett |title=POLITICO Playbook PM: Counting votes for the Senate's same-sex marriage bill |url=https://politi.co/3ofrGm2 |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=POLITICO |date=July 20, 2022 |language=en |quote=Retiring Sen. ROY BLUNT (R-Mo.) “says he supports gay marriage but wants to look at the House bill,” per Bobic.}}{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 2nd Session |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00362.htm |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.senate.gov}}

Blunt has argued for the need to reduce fraud and waste in Medicare and Social Security. He has spoken out for the need to reform entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security. In 2016 AARP said of Blunt, "He said in 2010 that he remained open to the idea of individual Social Security accounts. His position hasn't changed, but he has maintained for years that it's not a viable issue for anyone."

Blunt has been a supporter of free-trade agreements. The Springfield News-Leader wrote: "[Blunt] has supported a spate of free-trade agreements during his nearly 20 years in Congress, including a U.S-Singapore deal in 2003, the Central American Free Trade agreement in 2005 and the U.S-Korea agreement in 2011." After early enthusiasm, Blunt has been ambivalent about supporting the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).

In February 2017, along with Democrat Joe Manchin, Blunt introduced the HIRE Veterans Act, legislation that would recognize qualified employers in the event that they met particular criteria designed to encourage businesses that are friendly toward veterans. These include the percentages of new hires or overall workforce who are veterans, the availability of particular types of training and leadership development opportunities, and other factors that show an employer's commitment to support veterans after their military careers. The bill was signed into law on November 30, 2021.{{Cite web|url=http://www.congress.gov/|title=All Info - S.894 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Hire Veteran Health Heroes Act of 2021|first=Mike|last=Braun|date=November 30, 2021|website=www.congress.gov}}

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Blunt ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2016.

He won the Republican primary with 73% of the vote{{cite web|url=http://enr.sos.mo.gov/EnrNet|title=Missouri Senate Primary Results|website=Missouri Secretary of State|date=August 2, 2016|access-date=December 25, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801231445/http://enr.sos.mo.gov/EnrNet/|archive-date=August 1, 2016}} and faced Democrat Jason Kander in the November 2016 general election on November 8, 2016. Blunt won with 49.2% of the vote to Kander's 46.4%.{{cite news|title=Missouri U.S. Senate Results: Roy Blunt Wins|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/missouri-senate-blunt-kander|access-date=November 17, 2016|work=The New York Times}}

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On November 6, 2020, while Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee and the fourth-ranking Republican in the Senate, Blunt said Trump "should turn this discussion over to his lawyers" and "you can't stop the count in one state and decide you want the count to continue in another state. That might be how you'd like to see the system work but that's not how the system works." The previous night, Trump had alleged that Democrats were "stealing" the election.{{cite news|title=Romney: Trump's election fraud claim wrong, 'reckless'|url=https://apnews.com/article/mitt-romney-no-evidence-vote-fraud-0ac291da7ab09f6336d24290ef81f53b|access-date=November 6, 2020|work=AP News}}

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an editorial criticizing Blunt and Senator Josh Hawley for not distancing themselves from the January 6 United States Capitol attack and their continued support for Trump.{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Lee |title='Refusing To See Trump's Guilt': Missouri Newspaper Slams GOP Sens. Hawley, Blunt |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/st-louis-post-dispatch-hawley-blunt-trump-impeachment_n_60278c2cc5b680717ee7ee57 |access-date=February 13, 2021 |work=HuffPost |date=13 February 2021 |language=en}} Both senators voted for acquittal in Trump's second impeachment trial.{{cite news |last1=Gregorian |first1=Dareh |title=Trump acquitted in impeachment trial; 7 GOP Senators vote with Democrats to convict |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-acquitted-impeachment-trial-7-gop-senators-vote-democrats-convict-n1257876 |access-date=February 13, 2021 |work=NBC News |date=February 13, 2021 |language=en}}

Blunt has been married twice. He married Roseann Ray in May 1967; he had three children with her: Matt, the former governor of Missouri, Amy Blunt Mosby and Andrew Blunt.{{cite news|title=For Roy Blunt, politics is a family matter |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/for-roy-blunt-politics-is-a-family-matter/article_5a73feb1-d7e7-567a-b5fb-619c16d6fa16.html|access-date=September 19, 2016|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=October 13, 2010}} All three children are corporate lobbyists.{{cite web|url=http://www.newstribune.com/news/news/story/2012/jan/16/former-missouri-governor-takes-new-roles/546738|title=Former Missouri governor takes on new roles|work=News Tribune|author=Lambrecht, Bill|date=2012-01-16|access-date=2016-11-02}}{{cite web|last=Attkisson|first=Sharyl|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/family-ties-bind-federal-lawmakers-to-lobbyists|title=Family Ties Bind Federal Lawmakers to Lobbyists|publisher=CBS News|date=2010-06-25|access-date=2016-11-02}} Some critics have criticized Andrew's dual professional roles as both a lobbyist for firms that might benefit from his father's influence and his father's campaign manager.{{cite web |last=Raasch |first=Chuck |date=November 13, 2015 |title=Mizzou to pay $10,000 a month to Andy Blunt to lobby in Jefferson City |url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gateway-to-dc/mizzou-to-pay-a-month-to-andy-blunt-to-lobby/article_70ed603a-8c5f-58d2-854e-4dcc2b994f05.html |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch}}{{cite web |last=Shesgreen |first=Deirdre |date=December 20, 2015 |title=Andrew Blunt's lobbying work faces scrutiny as he manages father's re-election bid |url=http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/20/andrew-blunts-lobbying-work-faces-scrutiny-he-manages-fathers-re-election-bid/77573306/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Springfield News-Leader}} Matt Blunt is also a lobbyist, as is his wife. The Blunts say they are careful not to seek influence for their clients with Senator Blunt.{{cite web |last=Raasch |first=Chuck |date=June 3, 2015 |title=Matt Blunt reiterates Senator Blunt's claim — they don't talk about business |url=http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/matt-blunt-reiterates-senator-blunt-s-claim-they-don-t/article_6e1cda03-3aca-510f-9bda-1c02ad80cad2.html |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch}}

Blunt married Abigail Perlman, a lobbyist for Kraft Foods{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/2994-top-corporate-lobbyists-in-d-c/|title=Top corporate lobbyists in D.C.|author=|date=April 24, 2008|work=The Hill|access-date=September 17, 2016}} and Philip Morris,{{Cite web |last=Farley |first=Robert |date=October 5, 2010 |title=Is ad blowing smoke about Blunt's help for Phillip Morris? |url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2010/oct/05/roy-blunt-secretly-amendment-tobacco/ |access-date=2020-09-23 |website=PolitiFact |language=en-US}} in 2003.{{cite news |last=Lambrecht |first=Bill |date=September 12, 2010 |title=In Congress, Roy Blunt's fast ascension fueled by fundraising |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/in-congress-roy-blunt-s-fast-ascension-fueled-by-fundraising/article_38761c4d-9816-5c8c-b2b4-de06ecf234aa.html |access-date=September 19, 2016}} In April 2006, he and Perlman adopted Charlie Blunt, an 18-month-old boy from Russia.{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/russian-adoption-ban-is-personal-for-some-us-lawmakers/437043/|title=Russian Adoption Ban Is Personal for Some U.S. Lawmakers|first=Olga|last=Belogolova|work=The Atlantic|date=January 29, 2013|access-date=September 17, 2016}}{{cite news|author=|date=April 22, 2006|title=Rep. Blunt, wife adopt baby boy from Russia|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|edition=Third|page=A26|id=1000547887|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=Alexander%20Charles%20Blunt&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=2006&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(%22Alexander%20Charles%20Blunt%22)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no|access-date=September 17, 2016}} The family lives in Washington, D.C., and also own a condo in Springfield, Missouri.{{cite web|first1=Deirdre|last1=Shesgreen|first2=Paul|last2=Singer|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/13/missouri-senator-roy-blunt-state-residence-issue-his-election-bid/91955536|title=Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt's D.C. address an issue in his re-election bid|work=USA Today|date=2016-10-13|access-date=2016-11-02}} Roy Blunt has six grandchildren.{{cite web|url=https://www.royblunt.com/about-roy|title=Friends of Roy Blunt – Meet Roy|work=royblunt.com|access-date=September 17, 2016}} He is a practicing Southern Baptist.{{cite news|title=Ten Southern Baptists sworn in as new reps|url=http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=34378|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226010629/http://www.bpnews.net/34378|archive-date=December 26, 2014|newspaper=Baptist Press|date=January 5, 2011}}

On August 9, 2021, Blunt was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) "for distinguished service to Australia's bilateral relationship with the United States of America, in particular to the joint Free Trade Agreement".[https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-10/202108%20honorary%20appointments%20and%20award%20in%20the%20Order%20of%20Australia.pdf 2020-S2] – Honorary Officer (AO) in the General Division (9 August 2021)

On February 14, 2023, Blunt was elected as president of The State Historical Society of Missouri where he has been a trustee since 2005.{{Cite web |last=Ruch |first=Amber |title=Blunt to lead State Historical Society of Missouri |url=https://www.ky3.com/2023/02/14/blunt-lead-state-historical-society-missouri/ |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=www.ky3.com |date=February 14, 2023 |language=en}}

For 2020, Blunt received a score of 74 from the American Conservative Union. He has a lifetime rating of 85.{{Cite web|title=Sen. Roy Blunt|url=http://ratings.conservative.org/people/B000575|access-date=May 5, 2021|website=American Conservative Union Foundation}}

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 75,663

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 40,744

| percentage = 7.0%

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| candidate = Deborah Solomon

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 15,099

| percentage = 2.6%

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| candidate = Hector Maldonado

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 8,731

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 8,525

| percentage = 1.5%

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 8,047

| percentage = 1.4%

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 6,309

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 5,190

| percentage = 0.9%

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| title = 2010 United States Senate election in Missouri{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/statewideresults.asp?eid=300 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106042658/http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/statewideresults.asp?eid=300 |archive-date=November 6, 2010 |title=State Of Missouri {{!}} Statewide Races}}

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 1,054,160

| percentage = 54.23%

| change = −1.86%

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| candidate = Robin Carnahan

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 789,736

| percentage = 40.63%

| change = −2.17%

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| candidate = Jonathan Dine

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| votes = 58,663

| percentage = 3.02%

| change = +2.29%

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| party = Constitution Party (United States)

| votes = 41,309

| percentage = 2.13%

| change = +1.74%

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 481,444

| percentage = 72.55%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Kristi Nichols

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 134,025

| percentage = 20.20%

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| candidate = Ryan Luethy

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 29,328

| percentage = 4.42%

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| candidate = Bernie Mowinski

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 18,789

| percentage = 2.83%

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| percentage = 100.00%

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| title = 2016 United States Senate election in Missouri{{cite web | url=https://enrarchives.sos.mo.gov/enrnet/default.aspx?eid=750003949 | title=Official Results: 2016 General Election | date=December 12, 2016 | access-date=March 17, 2017 | publisher=Missouri Secretary of State }}

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 1,378,458

| percentage = 49.18%

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{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Jason Kander|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=1,300,200|percentage=46.39%|change=+5.76%}}

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