David Joyce, Representative for Ohio's 14th Congressional District

Joyce is the representative for Ohio’s 14^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. Joyce is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Joyce.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Joyce 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 Joyce has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 95% Americans for Prosperity: 78% NumbersUSA: 75% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B FreedomWorks: 55% The Club for Growth: 54% Human Rights Campaign: 16% League of Conservation Voters: 6% American Civil Liberties Union: 5% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 4% NIAC Action: F

Committee Membership

David Joyce sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Appropriations
- Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Enacted Legislation

Joyce was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 223 (114th): Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2016

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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 about one third or more 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

Joyce sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (40%) Environmental Protection (30%) Education (30%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Joyce’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 511: Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 Nov 17, 2015. Passed 249/177.
Nay	H.R. 308: Keep the Promise Act of 2015 Nov 16, 2015. Failed 263/146.
Aye	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Yea	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
No	H.R. 3309 (113th): Innovation Act Dec 5, 2013. Passed 325/91.
No	H.R. 5 (113th): Student Success Act Jul 19, 2013. Passed 221/207.
No	H.R. 1120 (113th): Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act Apr 12, 2013. Passed 219/209.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Apr 2018, Joyce missed 76 of 3,386 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2013 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	67^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	2	1.0%	42^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	1	0.7%	30^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	1	0.7%	23^rd
2014 Apr-Jun	219	10	4.6%	75^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	1	0.7%	28^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	2	4.1%	76^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	1	0.7%	26^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	3	1.2%	50^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	3	2.2%	64^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	11	6.2%	91^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	17	12.4%	88^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	3	1.5%	40^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	55^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	4	1.9%	61^st
2017 Apr-Jun	136	1	0.7%	31^st
2017 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	53^rd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	5	3.0%	65^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	3	2.3%	50^th
2018 Apr-Apr	18	0	0.0%	0^th

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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

David Joyce is pronounced:

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The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
AY ay	say
D d	day
I i	pin
J j	jam
OY oy	boy
S s	sit
V v	van

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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