Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Flake 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). Flake is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Flake for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Jeff Flake sits on the following committees:
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy
- Member, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity 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
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Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law
- Member, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts
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Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy
- Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
- Member, Subcommittee on Water and Power
- Senate Special Committee on Aging
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Flake sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (25%) Environmental Protection (18%) Taxation (11%) International Affairs (11%) Immigration (11%) Energy (9%) Agriculture and Food (9%) Health (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Flake’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 3334: Historic Routes Preservation Act
- S. 3333: Mohave County Federal Land Management Act
- S. 3322: A bill to provide an exemption to the individual mandate to maintain health ...
- S. 3300: Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2016
- S.J.Res. 35: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, ...
- S.Res. 485: A resolution urging the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ...
- S.Res. 474: Steermark Accountability Resolution
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Voting Record
From Jan 2013 to Sep 2016, Flake missed 43 of 1,141 roll call votes, which is 3.8%. This is worse than the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 7 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills