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Sen. Jeff Flake

Former Senator for Arizona

pronounced jef // flayk

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Flake was a senator from Arizona and was a Republican. He served from 2013 to 2018.

He was previously the representative for Arizona’s 6th congressional district as a Republican from 2003 to 2012; and the representative for Arizona’s 1st congressional district as a Republican from 2001 to 2002.

Photo of Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ, 2013-2018]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Flake.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Flake is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate in 2019 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 Flake sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2013 to Jan 2, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Americans for Prosperity: 100% The Club for Growth: 100% FreedomWorks: 100% United States Chamber of Commerce: 90% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: C NumbersUSA: 40% American Civil Liberties Union: 24% Human Rights Campaign: 12% League of Conservation Voters: 7% NIAC Action: F

Enacted Legislation

Flake was the primary sponsor of 11 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 11 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

Flake sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (23%) Environmental Protection (14%) Immigration (13%) International Affairs (11%) Agriculture and Food (11%) Taxation (10%) Energy (10%) Native Americans (8%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Flake voted No

Flake voted No

Passed 269/161 on Aug 1, 2011.
The Budget Control Act of 2011 (Pub.L. 112–25, S. 365, 125 Stat. 240, enacted August 2, 2011) is a federal statute enacted by the 112th ...

Flake voted No

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.
The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack ...

Flake voted Nay

Flake voted Nay

Passed 395/1 on Mar 12, 2007.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Dec 2018, Flake missed 91 of 1,758 roll call votes, which is 5.2%. This is much worse than the median of 1.5% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 2018. 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

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