Rep. Adam Kinzinger

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Kinzinger.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Kinzinger is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Kinzinger has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Sep 13, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Adam Kinzinger sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment
  • Member, Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism
• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
  • Member, Subcommittee on Energy

Enacted Legislation

Kinzinger was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

• H.R. 5590: Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act

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Does 1 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

Kinzinger sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (33%) Science, Technology, Communications (21%) Energy (14%) Health (9%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (7%) Transportation and Public Works (7%) Education (5%) Immigration (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of Kinzinger’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• H.R. 3908: Truth in Spending Act of 2019
• H.R. 3206: Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019
• H.R. 2595: Improving Middle Class Access to Higher Education Act
• H.R. 1860: No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act
• H.R. 1616: European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 2019
• H.R. 1453: European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 2019
• H.R. 571: Preventing Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2019

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Sep 2019, Kinzinger missed 116 of 5,875 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives 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 absenses and major life events.

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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