Bridenstine was the representative for Oklahoma’s 1st congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2013 to 2018.
![Photo of Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK1, 2013-2018]](/static/legislator-photos/412567-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2017 Report Card for Bridenstine.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Bridenstine is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2018 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 Bridenstine sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2013 to Dec 21, 2018. See full analysis methodology.
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Bridenstine sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Science, Technology, Communications (50%) Energy (30%) International Affairs (20%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Bridenstine recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.J.Res. 4 (115th): Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States granting Congress …
- H.R. 4945 (114th): American Space Renaissance Act
- H.R. 4328 (114th): Read the Bill Act
- H.R. 3245 (114th): GRACE Act
- H.R. 2261 (114th): Commercial Remote Sensing Act of 2015
- H.R. 1864 (114th): To direct the Secretary of Defense to designate a single senior official …
- H.R. 1487 (114th): American Energy Renaissance Act of 2015
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Apr 2018, Bridenstine missed 367 of 3,386 roll call votes, which is 10.8%. This is much worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Apr 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, major life events, and running for higher office.
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
