John Hoeven, Senator for North Dakota

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

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

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

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 97% FreedomWorks: 84% American Civil Liberties Union: 70% Americans for Prosperity: 70% The Club for Growth: 64% NumbersUSA: 43% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D League of Conservation Voters: 9% Human Rights Campaign: 0% NIAC Action: F Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

John Hoeven sits on the following committees:

Chair, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Chair, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Department of Defense
- Member, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
- Member, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Member, Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade
- Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Agricultural Research, and Specialty Crops
- Member, Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy
- Member, Subcommittee on National Parks
- Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management

Enacted Legislation

Hoeven was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:

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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

Hoeven sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Energy (25%) Native Americans (19%) Armed Forces and National Security (16%) Agriculture and Food (12%) Sports and Recreation (9%) Taxation (9%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (5%) Environmental Protection (5%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Hoeven’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.J.Res. 43: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating ... Mar 30, 2017. Joint Resolution Passed 51/50. Joe Biden never got the opportunity to break a single 50-50 Senate tie in eight years as vice president. Mike Pence has already broken two. One from last month has since become law: a measure allowing states to withhold federal Planned Parenthood funding. (The other ...
Yea	H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 Sep 28, 2016. Bill Passed 72/26. The Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act (H.R. 5325) is an appropriations bill which extended funding at the previous year's levels up to December 9, 2016 (10 weeks). After this, a continuing ...
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 ...
Yea	H.R. 5771 (113th): Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 Dec 16, 2014. Bill Passed 76/16.
Yea	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 18, 2014. Joint Resolution Passed 78/22.
Yea	H.J.Res. 59 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 Dec 18, 2013. Motion Agreed to 64/36. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (H.J.Res. 59; Pub.L. 113–67) is a federal statute concerning spending and the budget in the United States, that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 26, 2013. On December 10, 2013, pursuant to the provisions of ...
Yea	H.R. 325 (113th): No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 Jan 31, 2013. Bill Passed 64/34.
Yea	S. 1789 (112th): 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012 Apr 25, 2012. Bill Passed 62/37.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Oct 2018, Hoeven missed 29 of 2,209 roll call votes, which is 1.3%. This is on par with 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	4	8.7%	88^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	1	1.7%	29^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	1	2.0%	48^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	63^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	109	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	3	6.0%	80^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	1	1.1%	62^nd
2013 Apr-Jun	76	3	3.9%	73^rd
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	1	0.8%	26^th
2014 Jul-Sep	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	96	1	1.0%	50^th
2015 Jan-Mar	135	1	0.7%	52^nd
2015 Apr-Jun	85	1	1.2%	46^th
2015 Jul-Sep	52	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	67	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	45^th
2016 Apr-Jun	79	1	1.3%	45^th
2016 Jul-Sep	34	2	5.9%	78^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	2	3.8%	77^th
2017 Oct-Dec	117	2	1.7%	69^th
2018 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Jun	80	1	1.2%	52^nd
2018 Jul-Sep	75	2	2.7%	58^th
2018 Oct-Oct	21	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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

John Hoeven is pronounced:

jon // HOH-vun

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
H h	hat
J j	jam
N n	not
O o	top
OH oh	most
U u	cup
V v	van

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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