Jeff Fortenberry, Representative for Nebraska's 1st Congressional District

Fortenberry is the representative for Nebraska’s 1^st congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 4, 2005. Fortenberry is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Fortenberry.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

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

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 89% NumbersUSA: 87% Americans for Prosperity: 78% FreedomWorks: 74% The Club for Growth: 67% League of Conservation Voters: 18% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 5% Human Rights Campaign: 0% NIAC Action: F Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Jeff Fortenberry sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Appropriations
- Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

Enacted Legislation

Fortenberry was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

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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 about one third or more 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

Fortenberry sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (19%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (17%) Health (17%) Agriculture and Food (14%) Taxation (14%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Government Operations and Politics (6%) Finance and Financial Sector (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Fortenberry’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 620: ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 Feb 15, 2018. Passed 225/192. A bill which just passed the House would update the law for disabled Americans for modern times, say Republicans. Democrats say it would set disabled Americans’ civil rights back decades. #### Context The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, more commonly called the ADA, was ...
Nay	H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 Sep 28, 2016. Passed 342/85.
Aye	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Nay	H.R. 2393: Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 Jun 10, 2015. Passed 300/131. The Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 would repeal the requirement for meat products to be labeled with their country of origin. Currently meat products must include information on where the animal was bred, raised, and slaughtered. The Canadian government filed a complaint ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Yea	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay	H.R. 2362 (112th): Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011 Jul 23, 2012. Failed 222/160.
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 ...
Aye	H.R. 1752 (111th): To provide that the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House of Representatives may ... Jul 30, 2009. Failed 282/144.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2005 to Apr 2018, Fortenberry missed 269 of 9,737 roll call votes, which is 2.8%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	19^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	3	2.1%	53^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	6	3.7%	59^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	61^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	1	0.4%	14^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	4	2.5%	59^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	2	0.9%	36^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	8	2.0%	62^nd
2007 Jul-Sep	317	12	3.8%	76^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	5	1.9%	32^nd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	20	13.4%	91^st
2008 Apr-Jun	321	9	2.8%	51^st
2008 Jul-Sep	205	7	3.4%	60^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	17	5.6%	83^rd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	24	12.3%	94^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	11	5.0%	73^rd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	3	2.0%	50^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	7	2.5%	69^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	4	1.6%	54^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	6	2.9%	62^nd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	6	4.0%	74^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	24	8.0%	87^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	2	1.3%	47^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	6	11.8%	87^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	14	15.7%	95^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	1	0.5%	26^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	10	6.8%	84^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	10	4.6%	75^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	3	2.0%	61^st
2014 Nov-Dec	49	3	6.1%	85^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	6	4.2%	74^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	5	3.6%	76^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	4	2.3%	68^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	3	2.2%	44^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	1	0.5%	19^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	7	3.4%	74^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	6	3.0%	80^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	6	3.6%	71^st
2018 Jan-Mar	129	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Apr	18	0	0.0%	0^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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Jeff Fortenberry is pronounced:

jef // FOHR-uhn-be-ree

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
B b	bat
E e	bed
EE ee	meet
F f	fat
J j	jam
N n	not
OH oh	most
R r	rag
UH uh	cup

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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