Axne is the representative for Iowa’s 3rd congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2019. Axne is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Cynthia Axne [D-IA3]](/static/legislator-photos/412772-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 Report Card for Axne.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Axne 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 Axne has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Jun 14, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Cynthia Axne sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Axne was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1609: Treatment in Place Act
- H.R. 7502 (116th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South 16th Street in Clarinda, Iowa, as the “Jessie Field Shambaugh Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 5688 (116th): Reducing Administrative Costs and Burdens in Health Care Act of 2020
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
Axne sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (24%) Finance and Financial Sector (21%) Taxation (19%) Housing and Community Development (14%) Agriculture and Food (12%) Government Operations and Politics (5%) Armed Forces and National Security (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Axne’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 3689: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an income tax ...
- H.R. 3652: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a food waste research and ...
- H.R. 3559: To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements for ...
- H.R. 3471: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose ...
- H.R. 3472: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for 3 years ...
- H.R. 3332: To provide assistance for the acquisition and preservation of manufactured housing communities, and ...
- H.R. 3333: To ensure that federally backed financing for the construction, rehabilitation, or purchase of ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Jun 2021, Axne missed 17 of 1,116 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. 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.
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 Cynthia Axne for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
