Jackie Walorski, Representative for Indiana's 2nd Congressional District

Walorski is the representative for Indiana’s 2^nd congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. She has served since Jan 3, 2013. Walorski is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Walorski.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

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

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 89% Americans for Prosperity: 87% NumbersUSA: 84% FreedomWorks: 75% The Club for Growth: 66% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 5% League of Conservation Voters: 1% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Jackie Walorski sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Ways and Means
- Member, Subcommittee on Human Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight

Enacted Legislation

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

H.R. 3471 (114th): Veterans Mobility Safety 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 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Walorski sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (46%) Health (14%) International Affairs (11%) Government Operations and Politics (11%) Taxation (11%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Walorski’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 3: Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act Jun 7, 2018. Passed 210/206. H.R. 8 rescinds nearly $15 billion of unobligated balances from previously appropriated funding. Specifically, the bill includes 34 rescissions totaling $14.835 billion and affects programs at the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Health and Human Services, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and the Railroad Retirement ...
Aye	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.
Nay	H.Con.Res. 105 (113th): Prohibiting the President from deploying or maintaining United States Armed Forces in a sustained combat role in ... Jul 25, 2014. Passed 370/40.
Nay	H.R. 3361 (113th): USA FREEDOM Act May 22, 2014. Passed 303/121.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Jul 2018, Walorski missed 39 of 3,604 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is better than the median of 2.4% 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	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	8	3.7%	72^nd
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	43^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	1	0.7%	23^rd
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	11	7.6%	90^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	8	4.5%	86^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	2	1.0%	36^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	4	2.9%	68^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	3	1.5%	63^rd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jul-Jul	52	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

Jackie Walorski is pronounced:

JAK-ee // wuh-LOR-skee

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
A a	cat
EE ee	meet
J j	jam
K k	king
L l	leg
OR or	corn
S s	sit
UH uh	cup
W w	will

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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