Jeff Flake, Senator for Arizona

Flake is the senior senator from Arizona and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. Flake is next up for reelection in 2018.

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

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Flake.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Flake is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate 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 has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

FreedomWorks: 100% Americans for Prosperity: 98% The Club for Growth: 84% United States Chamber of Commerce: 73% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: C NumbersUSA: 40% Human Rights Campaign: 32% American Civil Liberties Union: 11% League of Conservation Voters: 9% NIAC Action: F Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Jeff Flake sits on the following committees:

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Chair, Subcommittee on Water and Power
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy
- Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Chair, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy
- Member, Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy
- Member, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Chair, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law
- Member, Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts
Senate Special Committee on Aging

Enacted Legislation

Flake was the primary sponsor of 10 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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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

Flake sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (24%) Environmental Protection (15%) Immigration (13%) International Affairs (12%) Agriculture and Food (9%) Energy (9%) Taxation (9%) Native Americans (8%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Flake’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 Sep 28, 2016. Bill Passed 72/26.
Yea	S. 2943: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 Jun 14, 2016. Bill Passed 85/13.
Yea	S. 2012: Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 Apr 20, 2016. Bill Passed 85/12. This week, the Senate began debate on the first major energy legislation to be considered since 2007. Introduced by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the bill -- S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act -- received an unlikely overwhelming bipartisan vote when it passed out of ...
Nay	H.R. 22: Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act Dec 3, 2015. Conference Report Agreed to 83/16. H.R 22, formerly the Hire More Heroes Act, has become the Senate’s vehicle for passage of the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act or DRIVE Act (S. 1647). The DRIVE Act is a major bipartisan transportation bill that would authorize funding ...
Nay	H.R. 22: Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act Jul 30, 2015. Bill Passed 65/34. This vote turned H.R 22, originally the Hire More Heroes Act, into the Senate’s vehicle for passage of the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act or DRIVE Act (S. 1647), a major bipartisan transportation bill, and the Export-Import Bank Reform and ...
No	H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
No	S. 365 (112th): Budget Control Act of 2011 Aug 1, 2011. Passed 269/161. The Budget Control Act of 2011 (Pub.L. 112–25, S. 365, 125 Stat. 240, enacted August 2, 2011) is a federal statute in the United States that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on August 2, 2011. The Act brought conclusion to the United ...
No	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. 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 Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Nay	S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.
Yea	H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008. Jun 27, 2007. Passed 365/59.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Sep 2018, Flake missed 86 of 1,696 roll call votes, which is 5.1%. This is much worse than the median of 1.5% 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
2013 Jan-Mar	92	1	1.1%	62^nd
2013 Apr-Jun	76	6	7.9%	90^th
2013 Jul-Sep	43	6	14.0%	96^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	7	8.8%	90^th
2014 Jan-Mar	93	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	123	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	54	2	3.7%	76^th
2014 Nov-Dec	96	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	135	1	0.7%	52^nd
2015 Apr-Jun	85	1	1.2%	46^th
2015 Jul-Sep	52	7	13.5%	91^st
2015 Oct-Dec	67	4	6.0%	86^th
2016 Jan-Mar	38	3	7.9%	80^th
2016 Apr-Jun	79	4	5.1%	84^th
2016 Jul-Sep	34	1	2.9%	61^st
2016 Nov-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	101	2	2.0%	80^th
2017 Apr-Jun	54	6	11.1%	97^th
2017 Jul-Sep	53	2	3.8%	77^th
2017 Oct-Dec	117	1	0.9%	52^nd
2018 Jan-Mar	63	4	6.3%	86^th
2018 Apr-Jun	80	10	12.5%	95^th
2018 Jul-Sep	69	18	26.1%	98^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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

Jeff Flake is pronounced:

jef // flayk

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
AY ay	say
E e	bed
F f	fat
J j	jam
K k	king
L l	leg

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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