John Boozman, Senator for Arkansas

Boozman is the senior senator from Arkansas and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 5, 2011. Boozman is next up for reelection in 2022.

He was previously the representative for Arkansas’s 3^rd congressional district as a Republican from 2001 to 2010.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 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 liberal–conservative 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. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

NumbersUSA: 98% United States Chamber of Commerce: 92% Americans for Prosperity: 84% FreedomWorks: 84% The Club for Growth: 82% American Civil Liberties Union: 11% League of Conservation Voters: 7% Human Rights Campaign: 0% NIAC Action: F The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: F Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

John Boozman sits on the following committees:

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Chair, Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade
- Member, Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Agricultural Research, and Specialty Crops
- Member, Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Chair, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
- Member, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
- Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Chair, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife
- Member, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
- Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Senate Committee on the Budget
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Enacted Legislation

Boozman was the primary sponsor of 11 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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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 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 (27%) International Affairs (15%) Health (12%) Transportation and Public Works (12%) Government Operations and Politics (10%) Agriculture and Food (8%) Environmental Protection (8%) Taxation (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Boozman’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 Sep 28, 2016. Bill Passed 72/26.
Nay	S. 2328: National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2015 Jun 29, 2016. Motion Agreed to 68/30. The Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) —designated as Pub.L. 114–187 and originally as H.R. 5278— is a federal law enacted by the United States Congress that establishes an oversight board, a process for restructuring debt, and expedited procedures for approving critical ...
Nay	S. 2012: Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 Apr 20, 2016. Bill Passed 85/12. This week, the Senate began debate on the first major energy legislation to be considered since 2007. Introduced by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the bill -- S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act -- received an unlikely overwhelming bipartisan vote when it passed out of ...
Yea	H.R. 22: Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act Dec 3, 2015. Conference Report Agreed to 83/16. H.R 22, formerly the Hire More Heroes Act, has become the Senate’s vehicle for passage of the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act or DRIVE Act (S. 1647). The DRIVE Act is a major bipartisan transportation bill that would authorize funding ...
Nay	On the Nomination PN31: Sally Quillian Yates, of Georgia, to be Deputy Attorney General May 13, 2015. Nomination Confirmed 84/12.
Yea	S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.
Yea	H.R. 3246 (110th): Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development Act of 2007 Oct 4, 2007. Passed 264/154.
Yea	H.R. 3246 (110th): Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development Act of 2007 Sep 17, 2007. Failed 225/152.
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.
Yea	H.R. 249 (110th): To restore the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros. Apr 26, 2007. Passed 277/137.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Sep 2018, Boozman missed 87 of 2,182 roll call votes, which is 4.0%. This is much worse than the median of 1.5% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2011 Jan-Mar	46	1	2.2%	61^st
2011 Apr-Jun	58	2	3.4%	63^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	49	3	6.1%	83^rd
2011 Oct-Dec	82	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	5	17.9%	91^st
2012 Nov-Dec	50	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	76	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	93	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	123	68	55.3%	99^th
2014 Jul-Sep	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	96	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	135	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	85	1	1.2%	46^th
2015 Jul-Sep	52	2	3.8%	74^th
2015 Oct-Dec	67	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	45^th
2016 Apr-Jun	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	34	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Nov-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	101	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Apr-Jun	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	53	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	117	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Jun	80	3	3.8%	77^th
2018 Jul-Sep	69	1	1.4%	47^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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

John Boozman is pronounced:

jon // BOHZ-mun

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
B b	bat
J j	jam
M m	man
N n	not
O o	top
OH oh	most
U u	cup
Z z	zebra

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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