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

Yarmuth is the representative for Kentucky’s 3^rd congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 4, 2007. Yarmuth is next up for reelection in 2020.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Yarmuth.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Yarmuth 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 liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Yarmuth has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jul 19, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% League of Conservation Voters: 93% NIAC Action: A American Civil Liberties Union: 88% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 39% NumbersUSA: 19% FreedomWorks: 10% Americans for Prosperity: 4% The Club for Growth: 0%

Committee Membership

John Yarmuth sits on the following committees:

Chair, House Committee on the Budget

Enacted Legislation

Yarmuth was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

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Does 2 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

Yarmuth sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Families (19%) International Affairs (19%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Education (14%) Health (14%) Finance and Financial Sector (10%) Economics and Public Finance (10%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Yarmuth voted Yea

S. 2322: CURD Act

Failed 230/162 on Dec 20, 2018.

Yarmuth voted Nay

H.R. 7093: Clean Up the Code Act of 2018

Passed 386/5 on Dec 20, 2018.

Should you be able to drive your water hyacinth plant to another state without being labeled a criminal under the law? #### Context There are ...

Yarmuth voted Nay

H.R. 6157: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019

Passed 359/49 on Jun 28, 2018.

H.R. 6157 provides $674.6 billion in total discretionary budget authority for the Department of Defense for fiscal year (FY) 2019. The bill provides $606.5 billion ...

Yarmuth voted No

H.R. 4127: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

Passed 364/58 on Dec 1, 2015.

Yarmuth voted Yea

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of ...

Yarmuth voted Nay

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December ...

Yarmuth voted Nay

H.R. 4681 (113th): Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

Passed 325/100 on Dec 10, 2014.

Yarmuth voted Aye

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Yarmuth voted Aye

H.R. 3964 (113th): Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Emergency Water Delivery Act

Passed 229/191 on Feb 5, 2014.

Yarmuth voted Aye

H.R. 3 (113th): Northern Route Approval Act

Passed 241/175 on May 22, 2013.

Yarmuth voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack ...

Yarmuth voted Nay

S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010

Passed 304/118 on Sep 29, 2010.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2007 to Jul 2019, Yarmuth missed 345 of 9,372 roll call votes, which is 3.7%. This is worse than the median of 2.1% 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2007 Jan-Mar	213	2	0.9%	38^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	3	0.8%	24^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	4	1.3%	32^nd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	24	9.1%	89^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	24^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	8	2.5%	45^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%	76^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	13	4.3%	76^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	3	1.1%	34^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	4	1.6%	34^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	1	0.5%	12^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	12	5.5%	73^rd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	5	3.3%	66^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	44^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%	92^nd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	5	2.4%	54^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	10	6.6%	82^nd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	10	3.3%	68^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%	88^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	6	2.8%	61^st
2013 Jul-Sep	200	8	4.0%	78^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	13	9.5%	90^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	6	4.1%	69^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	45^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	2	1.4%	47^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%	52^nd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	39	19.1%	96^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	5	2.2%	67^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	1	2.1%	65^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	3	1.4%	51^st
2017 Apr-Jun	136	2	1.5%	46^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	5	2.5%	77^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	7	4.2%	77^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	9	7.0%	82^nd
2018 Apr-Jun	184	5	2.7%	54^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	4	3.9%	76^th
2018 Nov-Dec	85	6	7.1%	77^th
2019 Jan-Mar	136	2	1.5%	49^th
2019 Apr-Jun	294	6	2.0%	63^rd
2019 Jul-Jul	66	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

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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

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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