Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Jordan has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Jordan is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Jordan for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Jim Jordan sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules
- Member, Subcommittee on Government Operations
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House Committee on the Judiciary
- Member, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
- Member, Subcommittee on The Constitution and Civil Justice
- House Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Jordan sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Crime and Law Enforcement (43%) Social Welfare (29%) Government Operations and Politics (29%)
Recent Bills
Some of Jordan’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5360: Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act
- H.R. 1701: Second Amendment Enforcement Act of 2015
- H.R. 5246 (113th): To require the United States attorney to bring the matter of an ...
- H.R. 4731 (113th): Welfare Reform Act of 2014
- H.Res. 565 (113th): Calling on Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., to appoint a special ...
- H.R. 3689 (113th): To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
- H.R. 1091 (113th): Life at Conception Act
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Voting Record
From Jan 2007 to Sep 2016, Jordan missed 145 of 7,600 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 78 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