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Rep. Jackie Walorski

Representative for Indiana’s 2nd District

pronounced JAK-ee // wuh-LOR-skee

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Walorski is the representative for Indiana’s 2nd congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. She has served since Jan 3, 2013. Walorski is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.

Walorski is among the Republican legislators who, by calling for entire states to be disenfranchised in the 2020 presidential election, fomented the terrorist attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 that aimed to prevent the determination of the next president of the United States. Shortly after the 2020 election, Walorski joined a case before the Supreme Court calling for all the votes for president in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — states that were narrowly won by Democrats — to be discounted, claiming that some voters there followed procedures set by the wrong state officials. The case amplified lies and conspiracy theories that fueled the movement that led to the attack on the Capitol. The Supreme Court rejected the case. On January 6, 2021 in the hours after the attack on the Capitol, Walorski voted for the exclusion of Arizona and/or Pennsylvania — states narrowly won by Democrats — from the count of Electoral College votes that determined the next President of the United States. Following the rejection of several cases before the Supreme Court, one legislator called for violence.
Photo of Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN2]

Analysis

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 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 from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 13, 2021. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 92% The Club for Growth: 68% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D League of Conservation Voters: 3% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Enacted Legislation

Walorski was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

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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

Walorski sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (26%) Taxation (21%) Health (18%) Social Welfare (11%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (8%) International Affairs (8%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Walorski voted Yea

Passed 275/134 on Dec 28, 2020.
This was a vote to increase the COVID-19 relief checks to Americans from $600 to $2,000 and to extend benefits to dependents rather than only ...

Walorski voted Yea

Walorski voted Yea

Walorski voted Yea

Passed 262/151 on Dec 10, 2019.

Walorski voted Yea

Walorski voted Aye

Walorski voted Nay

Passed 210/206 on Jun 7, 2018.
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 ...

Walorski voted Yea

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.
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 ...

Walorski voted Yea

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.
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 ...

Walorski voted Aye

Walorski voted Nay

Passed 303/121 on May 22, 2014.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Jan 2021, Walorski missed 75 of 4,710 roll call votes, which is 1.6%. 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.

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Primary Sources

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