Rep. Adam Kinzinger

Analysis

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 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 3, 2017 to Jan 21, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Adam Kinzinger sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  Communications and Technology, Energy subcommittees
• House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  Europe, Energy, the Environment, and Cyber, Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism subcommittees
• House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

Enacted Legislation

Kinzinger was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 4960: Preserving Existing Nuclear Energy Generation Act
• H.R. 7639 (116th): To impose sanctions with respect to Turkey’s acquisition of the S-400 air and missile defense system.
• H.R. 4461 (116th): Network Security Information Sharing Act of 2019
• H.R. 1320 (115th): Nuclear Utilization of Keynote Energy Act
• H.R. 5590 (115th): Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act

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Does 5 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:

Science, Technology, Communications (25%) International Affairs (21%) Energy (12%) Commerce (12%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Immigration (7%) Health (7%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Kinzinger recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 6309: TEAMS Act
• H.R. 6157: Allies Strengthening Economies And Manufacturing Act
• H.R. 5976: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 …
• H.R. 5492: MEANS Act
• H.R. 4960: Preserving Existing Nuclear Energy Generation Act
• H.R. 4654: Social Media Fraud Mitigation Act
• H.R. 4653: Social Media Accountability and Account Verification Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Jan 2022, Kinzinger missed 243 of 6,762 roll call votes, which is 3.6%. This is worse than the median of 2.1% 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