Sen. John Hoeven

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 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 from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 5, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

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

Enacted Legislation

Hoeven was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• S. 245 (115th): Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017
• S. 2074: 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: 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: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
• S. 184 (114th): Native American Children’s Safety Act
• S. 2032 (114th): National Bison Legacy Act
• S. 1619 (114th): Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016

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Does 9 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 (27%) Armed Forces and National Security (19%) Energy (12%) Taxation (12%) Agriculture and Food (12%) Sports and Recreation (7%) Transportation and Public Works (6%) Animals (4%)

Recent Bills

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

• S.Res. 414: A resolution recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and ...
• S.Res. 399: A resolution designating November 2, 2019, as “National Bison Day”.
• S.Res. 381: A resolution designating October 26, 2019, as the “Day of the Deployed”.
• S. 2522: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
• S. 2504: TBI and PTSD Treatment Act
• S. 2479: A bill to provide clarification regarding the common or usual name for bison ...
• S. 2263: CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Dec 2019, Hoeven missed 32 of 2,629 roll call votes, which is 1.2%. 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.

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