Jody Hice, Representative for Georgia's 10th Congressional District

Hice is the representative for Georgia’s 10^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 6, 2015. Hice is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Hice.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

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

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Americans for Prosperity: 100% NumbersUSA: 99% FreedomWorks: 90% The Club for Growth: 88% United States Chamber of Commerce: 80% American Civil Liberties Union: 17% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D Human Rights Campaign: 0% League of Conservation Voters: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Jody Hice sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Government Operations
- Member, Subcommittee on National Security
House Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans

Enacted Legislation

Hice was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 5687 (114th): GAO Mandates Revision Act of 2016

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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

Hice sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (26%) Government Operations and Politics (21%) Crime and Law Enforcement (21%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (11%) Immigration (11%) Armed Forces and National Security (11%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Hice’s Vote	Vote Description
Aye	S. 612: A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the “George P. Kazen Federal Building ... Dec 8, 2016. Passed 360/61.
No	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
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. 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.J.Res. 35: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. Feb 27, 2015. Failed 203/224.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2015 to Apr 2018, Hice missed 28 of 2,182 roll call votes, which is 1.3%. This is better 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 Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2015 Jan-Mar	144	3	2.1%	50^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	1	0.4%	27^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	3	1.7%	61^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	6	4.4%	61^st
2016 Apr-Jun	204	1	0.5%	19^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	23^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	3	6.3%	83^rd
2017 Jan-Mar	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	4	2.9%	68^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	1	0.6%	24^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	5	3.9%	63^rd
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

Jody Hice is pronounced:

JOH-dee // hīs

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
D d	day
EE ee	meet
H h	hat
Ī ī	eye
J j	jam
OH oh	most
S s	sit

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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