Sen. John Hoeven’s 2022 Report Card
Senior
Senator
from North Dakota
Republican
Serving Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2029
These statistics cover Hoeven’s record during the 117th Congress (Jan 3, 2021-Jan 3, 2023) and compare him to other senators also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Feb 12, 2023.
A higher or lower number below doesn’t necessarily make this legislator any better or worse, or more or less effective, than other Members of Congress. We present these statistics for you to understand the quantitative aspects of Hoeven’s legislative career and make your own judgements based on what activities you think are important.
Keep in mind that there are many important aspects of being a legislator besides what can be measured, such as constituent services and performing oversight of the executive branch, which aren’t reflected here.
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Got bicameral support on the 3rd fewest bills compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 1 other)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: S. 359: Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters …; S. 661: Carbon Capture Modernization Act; S. 3200: North Dakota Trust Lands Completion …; S.Res. 288: A resolution commemorating the tenth …; S.Res. 313: A resolution commemorating the tenth … Compare to all Senate Republicans (8th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (3rd percentile); All Senators (5th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Ranked the 4th bottom/follower compared to Serving 10+ YearsOur unique leadership analysis looks at who is cosponsoring whose bills. A higher score shows a greater ability to get cosponsors on bills. For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in the 117th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Hoeven’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Republicans (20th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (5th percentile); All Senators (12th percentile). |
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Got the 5th fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Serving 10+ YearsHoeven’s bills and resolutions had 145 cosponsors in the 117th Congress. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote. View Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (22nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (7th percentile); All Senators (14th percentile). |
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Introduced the 6th fewest bills compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 1 other)Hoeven introduced 23 bills and resolutions in the 117th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (22nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (8th percentile); All Senators (11th percentile). |
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Ranked 7th most politically right compared to Serving 10+ YearsOur unique ideology analysis assigns a score to Members of Congress according to their legislative behavior by how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they cosponsor are to other Members of Congress. For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in the 117th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Hoeven’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Republicans (58th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (89th percentile); All Senators (79th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 11th fewest bills compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 2 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 13 of Hoeven’s 23 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Hoeven caucused with in the 117th Congress. Compare to all Senate Republicans (40th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (16th percentile); All Senators (23rd percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Got their bills out of committee the 14th least often compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 3 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Hoeven introduced 7 bills in the 117th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: S. 4227: A bill to streamline the …; S.Res. 313: A resolution commemorating the tenth …; S.Res. 429: A resolution designating October 26, …; S.Res. 441: A resolution designating November 6, …; S.Res. 497: A resolution congratulating the North …; S.Res. 807: A resolution designating November 5, …; S.Res. 826: A resolution designating October 26, … Compare to all Senate Republicans (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (21st percentile); All Senators (26th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedHoeven introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 117th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. Compare to all Senate Republicans (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile). The legislator must be the primary sponsor of the bill or joint resolution that was enacted or the primary sponsor of a bill or joint resolution for which at least about one third of its text was incorporated into another bill or joint resolution that was enacted as law, as determined by an automated analysis. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. We also exclude bills where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill. |
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Powerful Cosponsors5 of Hoeven’s bills and resolutions in the 117th Congress had a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee that the bill was referred to. Getting support from committee leaders on relevant committees is a crucial step in moving legislation forward. Those bills were: S. 1403: Move America Act of 2021; S. 3430: Coal Council Certainty Act of …; S. 4111: Chronic Wasting Disease Research and …; S. 4227: A bill to streamline the …; S. 5269: Focus on the Mission Act … Compare to all Senate Republicans (62nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (39th percentile); All Senators (46th percentile). |
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Committee PositionsHoeven held a leadership position on 0 committees and 3 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Hoeven’s Profile » Compare to all Senate Republicans (48th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (33rd percentile); All Senators (51st percentile). |
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Bills CosponsoredHoeven cosponsored 302 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (44th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (33rd percentile); All Senators (30th percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 302 bills that Hoeven cosponsored, 32% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Senate Republicans (50th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (68th percentile); All Senators (68th percentile). Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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Missed VotesHoeven missed 2.8% of votes (27 of 949 votes) in the 117th Congress. View Hoeven’s Profile » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (56th percentile); All Senators (53rd percentile). |
Additional Notes
Leadership/Ideology: The leadership and ideology scores are not displayed for Members of Congress who introduced fewer than 10 bills, or, for ideology, for Members of Congress that have a low leadership score, as there is usually not enough data in these cases to compute reliable leadership and ideology statistics.
Missing Bills: We exclude bills from some statistics where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill because the bill’s text was replaced in whole with unrelated provisions (i.e. it became a vehicle for passage of unrelated provisions).
Ranking Members (RkMembs): The chair of a committee is always selected from the political party that holds the most seats in the chamber, called the “majority party”. The “ranking member” (sometimes “RkMembs”) is the title given to the senior-most member of the committee not in the majority party.
Freshmen/Sophomores: Freshmen and sophomores are Members of Congress whose first term (in the same chamber at the end of the 117th Congress) was the 117th Congress (freshmen) or 116th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
