![Photo of Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ, 2013-2018]](/static/legislator-photos/400134-200px.jpeg)
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 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
Enacted Legislation
Flake was the primary sponsor of 11 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 140 (115th): Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018
- S. 2779 (115th): Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018
- S. 2850 (115th): A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund.
- S. 946 (115th): Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018
- S. 1608 (115th): Wounded Officers Recovery Act of 2017
- S.J.Res. 34 (115th): A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to …
- S. 2935 (114th): End Housing Subsidies for the Rich Act of 2016
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...
- S. 3736 (115th): A bill to amend Rule 611 of the Federal Rules of Evidence …
- S. 3716 (115th): REDUCE Government Waste Act
- S.Res. 619 (115th): A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable John Sidney McCain, …
- S.Res. 583 (115th): A resolution commending the Department of Justice for its investigation into the …
- S. 2850 (115th): A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification …
- S. 2825 (115th): ADAAPT Act
- S. 2779 (115th): Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018
Voting Record
Key Votes
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.
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
