James “Jim” Inhofe, Senator for Oklahoma

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Inhofe has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Inhofe is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Inhofe for more statistics.

Committee Membership

James “Jim” Inhofe sits on the following committees:

Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Senate Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Airland
- Member, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
- Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Inhofe sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (21%) Transportation and Public Works (18%) Environmental Protection (14%) Taxation (12%) Energy (11%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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From Dec 1994 to Sep 2016, Inhofe missed 309 of 7,140 roll call votes, which is 4.3%. This is much worse than the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1994 Oct-Dec	2	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	125	6	4.8%	79^th
1995 Apr-Jun	171	4	2.3%	57^th
1995 Jul-Sep	184	5	2.7%	71^st
1995 Oct-Dec	133	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	60	1	1.7%	47^th
1996 Apr-Jun	122	4	3.3%	93^rd
1996 Jul-Sep	121	1	0.8%	53^rd
1996 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jan-Mar	35	2	5.7%	95^th
1997 Apr-Jun	125	1	0.8%	48^th
1997 Jul-Sep	103	1	1.0%	52^nd
1997 Oct-Nov	35	1	2.9%	62^nd
1998 Jan-Mar	52	7	13.5%	86^th
1998 Apr-Jun	131	7	5.3%	95^th
1998 Jul-Sep	109	2	1.8%	48^th
1998 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	68^th
1999 Apr-Jun	111	8	7.2%	91^st
1999 Jul-Sep	112	1	0.9%	45^th
1999 Oct-Nov	70	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Feb-Mar	51	1	2.0%	73^rd
2000 Apr-Jun	120	4	3.3%	68^th
2000 Jul-Sep	89	5	5.6%	77^th
2000 Oct-Dec	38	6	15.8%	86^th
2001 Jan-Mar	63	2	3.2%	85^th
2001 Apr-Jun	157	1	0.6%	42^nd
2001 Jul-Sep	68	9	13.2%	96^th
2001 Oct-Dec	92	3	3.3%	81^st
2002 Jan-Mar	59	8	13.6%	88^th
2002 Apr-Jun	107	3	2.8%	77^th
2002 Jul-Sep	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	26	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	112	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	150	9	6.0%	93^rd
2003 Jul-Sep	108	4	3.7%	83^rd
2003 Oct-Nov	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	64	1	1.6%	60^th
2004 Apr-Jun	88	5	5.7%	97^th
2004 Jul-Sep	42	2	4.8%	77^th
2004 Oct-Dec	22	2	9.1%	83^rd
2005 Jan-Mar	81	4	4.9%	97^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	1	1.1%	53^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	76	1	1.3%	44^th
2005 Oct-Dec	120	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jan-Mar	83	3	3.6%	80^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	16	3	18.8%	86^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	10	7.9%	93^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	112	2	1.8%	64^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	4	3.4%	80^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	2	2.4%	60^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	2	2.4%	70^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	10	13.0%	93^rd
2008 Jul-Sep	47	5	10.6%	89^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	1	1.0%	45^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	6	6.7%	96^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	7	7.4%	98^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	5	4.6%	91^st
2010 Apr-Jun	96	2	2.1%	61^st
2010 Jul-Sep	44	1	2.3%	59^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	3	5.9%	77^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	3	6.5%	80^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	4	6.9%	82^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	49	6	12.2%	90^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	61^st
2012 Apr-Jun	109	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	9	32.1%	97^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	7	14.0%	92^nd
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	76	9	11.8%	98^th
2013 Jul-Sep	43	5	11.6%	95^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	27	33.8%	98^th
2014 Jan-Mar	93	5	5.4%	89^th
2014 Apr-Jun	123	1	0.8%	25^th
2014 Jul-Sep	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	96	29	30.2%	97^th
2015 Jan-Mar	135	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	85	1	1.2%	43^rd
2015 Jul-Sep	52	1	1.9%	58^th
2015 Oct-Dec	67	1	1.5%	44^th
2016 Jan-Mar	38	4	10.5%	87^th
2016 Apr-Jun	79	1	1.3%	42^nd
2016 Jul-Sep	30	5	16.7%	85^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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