Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Kinzinger has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Kinzinger is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Kinzinger for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Adam Kinzinger sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Power
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Kinzinger sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (26%) Science, Technology, Communications (19%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (19%) Energy (16%) Health (13%) Economics and Public Finance (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Kinzinger’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5967: To amend chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, to improve access ...
- H.Res. 835: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should ...
- H.R. 5727: Preventing Iranian Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2016
- H.R. 5181: Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act of 2016
- H.R. 4869: Comprehensive Strategy to Destroy ISIL Act of 2016
- H.Res. 509: Expressing support for the efforts of the Republic of Turkey, the Hashemite Kingdom ...
- H.R. 3103: Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2015
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Voting Record
From Jan 2011 to Sep 2016, Kinzinger missed 54 of 4,087 roll call votes, which is 1.3%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 15 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills