![Photo of Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers [R-KY5]](/static/legislator-photos/400340-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Rogers.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Rogers 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 Rogers has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to May 21, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Harold “Hal” Rogers sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Appropriations
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
- Member, Subcommittee on Defense
Enacted Legislation
Rogers was the primary sponsor of 32 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 240: Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Act
- H.R. 3362: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018
- H.J.Res. 78 (114th): Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 240 (114th): Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
- H.J.Res. 131 (113th): Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.
- H.J.Res. 130 (113th): Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.
- H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015
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
Rogers sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Economics and Public Finance (55%) International Affairs (15%) Energy (10%) Health (10%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (10%)
Recent Bills
Some of Rogers’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 240: Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Act
- H.R. 6385: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.R. 5979: Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Act
- H.R. 5570: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize certain grantees to contract ...
- H.R. 3802: Appalachian Regional Commission Reform Act
- H.R. 3362: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018
- H.R. 1731: RECLAIM Act of 2017
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1981 to May 2019, Rogers missed 551 of 22,781 roll call votes, which is 2.4%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
