John Yarmuth, Representative for Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Yarmuth has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Yarmuth is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Yarmuth for more statistics.

Committee Membership

John Yarmuth sits on the following committees:

House Committee on the Budget
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Power
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Yarmuth sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Education (28%) International Affairs (22%) Government Operations and Politics (22%) Health (17%) Social Welfare (11%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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From Jan 2007 to Sep 2016, Yarmuth missed 295 of 7,618 roll call votes, which is 3.9%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 70 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2007 Jan-Mar	213	2	0.9%	35^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	3	0.8%	25^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	4	1.3%	31^st
2007 Oct-Dec	263	24	9.1%	89^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	21^st
2008 Apr-Jun	321	8	2.5%	48^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	7	4.0%	73^rd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	13	4.3%	76^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	3	1.1%	33^rd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	4	1.6%	33^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	1	0.5%	14^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	12	5.5%	76^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	5	3.3%	66^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	46^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	2	0.9%	44^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	5	1.8%	60^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	22	8.9%	93^rd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	5	2.4%	59^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	10	6.6%	84^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	10	3.3%	70^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	9	17.6%	95^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	9	10.1%	89^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	6	2.8%	63^rd
2013 Jul-Sep	200	8	4.0%	79^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	13	9.5%	91^st
2014 Jan-Mar	148	6	4.1%	71^st
2014 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	44^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	2	1.4%	48^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	26	10.7%	94^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	6	4.3%	79^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	14	7.9%	93^rd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	4	2.9%	53^rd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	39	19.1%	95^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	5	2.2%	66^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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