Jim Jordan, Representative for Ohio's 4th Congressional District

Jordan is the representative for Ohio’s 4^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 4, 2007. Jordan is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Jordan.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Jordan 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 Jordan has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

FreedomWorks: 100% Americans for Prosperity: 99% The Club for Growth: 99% NumbersUSA: 91% United States Chamber of Commerce: 75% American Civil Liberties Union: 17% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D League of Conservation Voters: 4% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Jim Jordan sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Chair, Subcommittee on Healthcare, Benefits, and Administrative Rules
- Member, Subcommittee on Government Operations
House Committee on the Judiciary
- Member, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
- Member, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Jordan sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (38%) Social Welfare (38%) Government Operations and Politics (25%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Jordan’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 1695: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017 Apr 26, 2017. Passed 378/48. This bill would change the appointment process for the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, known as the Register of Copyrights. Currently the Register of Copyrights is hired by the Librarian of Congress (who is the head of the Library of Congress). This bill would ...
Yea	S. 1252: Global Food Security Act of 2016 Jul 6, 2016. Passed 369/53. The Global Food Security Act of 2016 (Pub.L. 114–195), is a law introduced on March 24, 2015 in the 114th Congress by Representative Christopher Henry "Chris" Smith (New Jersey-R) and on May 7, 2015 by Senator Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania-D), and signed by ...
No	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
No	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. 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 ...
Nay	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 ...
No	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
No	H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
Aye	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 ...
Yea	H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008. Jun 27, 2007. Passed 365/59.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2007 to Apr 2018, Jordan missed 167 of 8,523 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. 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
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	20^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	17	5.4%	85^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	2	0.8%	15^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	23^rd
2008 Apr-Jun	321	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	6	3.4%	68^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	4	1.3%	33^rd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	1	0.4%	13^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	7	2.8%	54^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	13	6.7%	82^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	56^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	3	2.0%	50^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	14	6.6%	94^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	4	1.4%	54^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	1	0.4%	22^nd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	13	6.3%	83^rd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	2	1.3%	44^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	10	3.3%	70^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	4	2.6%	65^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	7	3.3%	67^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	2	1.0%	42^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	43^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	4	1.8%	53^rd
2014 Jul-Sep	147	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	4	2.8%	62^nd
2015 Apr-Jun	244	4	1.6%	58^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	1	0.7%	34^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	6	4.4%	61^st
2016 Apr-Jun	204	1	0.5%	19^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	55^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	19	9.1%	93^rd
2017 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	2	1.2%	40^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	1	0.8%	24^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

Jim Jordan is pronounced:

jim // jordin

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
D d	day
I i	pin
J j	jam
M m	man
N n	not
OR or	corn

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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