Rep. John Moolenaar

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Moolenaar is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives 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 Moolenaar has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Nov 22, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

John Moolenaar sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Appropriations
  Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Moolenaar was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

• H.R. 6116 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 362 North Ross Street in Beaverton, Michigan, as the “Colonel Alfred Asch Post Office”.

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Does 1 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

Moolenaar sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (28%) Taxation (22%) Education (17%) Native Americans (11%) Crime and Law Enforcement (11%) Science, Technology, Communications (11%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Moolenaar recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.Res. 1440: Expressing support for the designation of the week of October 16 through October …
• H.J.Res. 94: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, …
• H.R. 7804: Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Security Act of 2022
• H.R. 7749: TASK Act
• H.Res. 882: Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 23 through January …
• H.R. 6277: Ethylene is Essential for Chemistry and Manufacturing Act
• H.R. 5811: No Vaccine Mandate Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2015 to Nov 2022, Moolenaar missed 23 of 4,406 roll call votes, which is 0.5%. This is better than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives 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