Sen. John Hoeven

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 Report Card for Hoeven.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Hoeven 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 Hoeven has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Sep 17, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

John Hoeven sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Chair
• Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies subcommittee Chair

  Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Energy and Water Development, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade, Nutrition, Agricultural Research, and Specialty Crops, Rural Development and Energy subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  Energy, National Parks, Public Lands, Forests, and Mining subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

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

• S. 2522: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
• S. 1148: ATC Hiring Reform Act of 2019
• S. 245 (115th): Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017
• S. 2074 (115th): A bill to establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Jamestown Reservoir in the State of North Dakota, and for other purposes.
• S. 440 (115th): A bill to establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Dickinson Reservoir in the State of North Dakota.
• S. 1603 (115th): Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
• S. 184 (114th): Native American Children’s Safety Act

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Does 11 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

Hoeven sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Native Americans (31%) Armed Forces and National Security (18%) Agriculture and Food (13%) Taxation (13%) Sports and Recreation (8%) Energy (7%) Transportation and Public Works (5%) Water Resources Development (5%)

Recent Bills

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

• S. 4522: A bill to amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act ...
• S. 4152: Flexible Financing for Rural America Act of 2020
• S. 4151: SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act
• S. 4090: Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2020
• S. 4017: A bill to extend the period for obligations or expenditures for amounts obligated ...
• S. 3597: A bill to appropriate funds for the SPR Petroleum Account.
• S.Res. 476: A resolution congratulating the North Dakota State University Bison football team for winning ...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Sep 2020, Hoeven missed 40 of 2,855 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is on par with the median of 1.7% 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