Hyde-Smith is the junior senator from Mississippi and is a Republican. She has served since Apr 9, 2018. Hyde-Smith is next up for reelection in 2026 and serves until Jan 3, 2027.
![Photo of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]](/static/legislator-photos/412743-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 Report Card for Hyde-Smith.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Hyde-Smith is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate 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 Hyde-Smith has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Jul 27, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Cindy Hyde-Smith sits on the following committees:
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Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Financial Services and General Government subcommittee Ranking Member
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Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Water and Power subcommittee Ranking Member
Energy, Public Lands, Forests, and Mining subcommittees - Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Enacted Legislation
Hyde-Smith was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- S. 2581 (116th): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020
- S. 1182 (116th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 West Cherokee Street in Brookhaven, Mississippi, as the “Deputy Donald William Durr, ...
- S. 3098 (115th): A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the sources of the authority to issue regulations regarding certifications and other criteria applicable to legislative ...
Does 3 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Hyde-Smith sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (21%) Crime and Law Enforcement (21%) Armed Forces and National Security (16%) Environmental Protection (11%) Animals (11%) Government Operations and Politics (11%) Economics and Public Finance (11%)
Recent Bills
Some of Hyde-Smith’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 755: Emergency Water Infrastructure Improvements Act of 2021
- S. 702: Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
- S.J.Res. 6: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...
- S. 77: Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2021
- S. 78: SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2021
- S.Res. 664 (116th): A resolution designating the week of September 20 through September 26, 2020, ...
- S. 3998 (116th): Improving Telehealth for Underserved Communities Act of 2020
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Apr 2018 to Jul 2021, Hyde-Smith missed 23 of 1,215 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is on par with the median of 1.6% among the lifetime records of senators 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.
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
- Office of Cindy Hyde-Smith for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
