Rep. Jeff Fortenberry

District:: Nebraska - District 1
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
2005-2015	Representative, Nebraska's 1^st District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Fortenberry is a rank-and-file Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Fortenberry’s bills have had a total of 104 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Fortenberry to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Jeff Fortenberry sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Appropriations
- Vice Chairman, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2005 to Apr 2014, Fortenberry missed 216 of 7,169 roll call votes, which is 3.0%. This is worse than 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 Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	18^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%	61^st
2006 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	60^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	1	0.4%	14^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	4	2.5%	58^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	2	0.9%	35^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	8	2.0%	60^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	12	3.8%	74^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	5	1.9%	35^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	20	13.4%	90^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	9	2.8%	50^th
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%	82^nd
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%	75^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	3	2.0%	46^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%	68^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	4	1.6%	55^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	6	2.9%	62^nd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	6	4.0%	75^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	24	8.0%	87^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	2	1.3%	48^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	6	11.8%	85^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	14	15.7%	94^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	1	0.5%	25^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	10	6.8%	83^rd
2014 Apr-Apr	29	1	3.4%	72^nd