Mark Amodei, Representative for Nevada's 2nd Congressional District

Amodei is the representative for Nevada’s 2^nd congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Sep 13, 2011. Amodei is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Amodei.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Amodei 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 Amodei has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 92% Americans for Prosperity: 80% NumbersUSA: 67% The Club for Growth: 66% FreedomWorks: 60% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 5% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 4% League of Conservation Voters: 3% Human Rights Campaign: 0% NIAC Action: F

Committee Membership

Mark Amodei sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Appropriations
- Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
- Member, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Enacted Legislation

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

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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

Amodei sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (60%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Water Resources Development (7%) Native Americans (7%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Amodei’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 3236: Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 Jul 29, 2015. Passed 385/34. The Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act (H.R. 3236) was passed in both both chambers by votes of 385–34 in the House and 91–4 in the Senate. It would authorize funds for federal-aid highway and public transportation programs and make funds available ...
No	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
Aye	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. 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 the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
No	H.R. 33: Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act Feb 27, 2015. Passed 357/60. This bill was the vehicle for the passage of continuing appropriations. This bill started out as the Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act. It was passed by the House in this form. But on Feb 27, 2015 the Senate struck its text in whole ...
Yea	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. 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 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay	H.R. 249 (113th): Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2013 Apr 15, 2013. Failed 250/159.
Nay	H.R. 6190 (112th): Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012 Dec 12, 2012. Failed 229/182.
Nay	H.R. 5325 (112th): Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Jun 6, 2012. Passed 255/165.

Missed Votes

From Sep 2011 to May 2018, Amodei missed 248 of 4,355 roll call votes, which is 5.7%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2011 Jul-Sep	34	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	2	1.0%	37^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	2	1.3%	44^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	35	11.7%	94^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	12	13.5%	94^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	6	2.8%	64^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	6	4.4%	74^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	67	45.3%	99^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	44^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	4	2.7%	70^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	6	4.2%	74^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	15	6.1%	88^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	18	12.9%	93^rd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	6	3.4%	78^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	20	14.6%	92^nd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	15	7.4%	85^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	42^nd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	1	2.1%	61^st
2017 Jan-Mar	208	4	1.9%	61^st
2017 Apr-Jun	136	8	5.9%	85^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	37^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	5	3.0%	65^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	7	5.4%	75^th
2018 Apr-May	87	3	3.4%	59^th

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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Mark Amodei is pronounced:

mahrk // A-muh-day

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
A a	cat
AH ah	calm
AY ay	say
D d	day
K k	king
M m	man
R r	rag
UH uh	cup

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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