Sen. John Boozman

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 Report Card for Boozman.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Boozman is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate 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 Boozman has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Oct 26, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

John Boozman sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade subcommittee Chair

  Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Nutrition, Agricultural Research, and Specialty Crops subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies subcommittee Chair

  Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Department of Defense, Financial Services and General Government, State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies subcommittees
• Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
• Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
  Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Enacted Legislation

Boozman was the primary sponsor of 21 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• S.J.Res. 72: A joint resolution providing for the reappointment of Michael M. Lynton as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
• S.J.Res. 73: A joint resolution providing for the appointment of Franklin D. Raines as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
• S.J.Res. 66: A joint resolution providing for the appointment of Denise O’Leary as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
• S.J.Res. 65: A joint resolution providing for the reappointment of John Fahey as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
• S. 1152: A bill to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal land in Arlington, Virginia, and for other purposes.
• S. 1906: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act
• S. 1381: A bill to modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam ...

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Does 21 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

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 at least about half 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

Boozman sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (36%) International Affairs (16%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Health (9%) Agriculture and Food (7%) Taxation (7%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (5%) Transportation and Public Works (5%)

Recent Bills

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

• S. 4613: Contact Lens Rule Modernization Act
• S. 4404: Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail Designation Act
• S.Con.Res. 42: A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that August 30, 2020, be ...
• S. 4365: A bill to clarify licensure requirements for contractor medical professionals to perform medical ...
• S. 4086: Forgotten Vietnam Veterans Act of 2020
• S.J.Res. 72: A joint resolution providing for the reappointment of Michael M. Lynton as a ...
• S.J.Res. 73: A joint resolution providing for the appointment of Franklin D. Raines as a ...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Oct 2020, Boozman missed 87 of 2,895 roll call votes, which is 3.0%. This is worse than the median of 1.8% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.

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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