Rep. Adam Kinzinger

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 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 May 22, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Adam Kinzinger sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment subcommittee Ranking Member

  Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism subcommittees
• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  Communications and Technology, Energy subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Kinzinger was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 4461: Network Security Information Sharing Act of 2019
• H.R. 5590: Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act

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Does 2 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 (30%) Science, Technology, Communications (28%) Energy (8%) Health (8%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (8%) Transportation and Public Works (8%) Immigration (5%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 6941: To require online retailers to prominently disclose product country-of-origin information, and for other ...
• H.R. 6942: To require any person that maintains an Internet website or that sells or ...
• H.R. 6587: Social Media Fraud Mitigation Act
• H.R. 6586: Social Media Accountability and Account Verification Act
• H.R. 6208: Protecting American Space Assets Act
• H.R. 6044: Accurate Labels Act
• H.R. 5481: Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act of 2019

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to May 2020, Kinzinger missed 143 of 6,155 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% 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