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Rep. Mike Johnson

House Republican Conference Vice Chair and Representative for Louisiana’s 4th District

pronounced mīk // JON-sin

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Johnson is the representative for Louisiana’s 4th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2017. Johnson is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.

He is also House Republican Conference Vice Chair, a party leadership role. Party leaders focus more on setting their party’s legislative priorties than on introducing legislation.

Johnson is among the Republican legislators who, by calling for entire states to be disenfranchised in the 2020 presidential election, fomented the terrorist attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 that aimed to prevent the determination of the next president of the United States. Shortly after the 2020 election, Johnson joined a case before the Supreme Court calling for all the votes for president in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — states that were narrowly won by Democrats — to be discounted, claiming that some voters there followed procedures set by the wrong state officials. The case amplified lies and conspiracy theories that fueled the movement that led to the attack on the Capitol. The Supreme Court rejected the case. Following the rejection of several cases before the Supreme Court, one legislator called for violence. On January 6, 2021 in the hours after the attack on the Capitol, Johnson voted for the exclusion of Arizona and/or Pennsylvania — states narrowly won by Democrats — from the count of Electoral College votes that determined the next President of the United States.
Photo of Rep. Mike Johnson [R-LA4]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 Report Card for Johnson.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Johnson 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 Johnson has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Jun 17, 2021. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

The Club for Growth: 87% United States Chamber of Commerce: 73% League of Conservation Voters: 3% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Mike Johnson sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Johnson was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

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Does 3 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 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Johnson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (19%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (19%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (12%) Environmental Protection (12%) Immigration (12%) Transportation and Public Works (8%) Animals (8%)

Recent Bills

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

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As House Republican Conference Vice Chair, Johnson may be focused on his responsibilities other than introducing legislation, such as setting the chamber’s agenda, uniting his party, and brokering deals.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Johnson voted Yea

Passed 327/85 on Dec 21, 2020.
This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, a major government funding bill, which also included economic stimulus provisions due ...

Johnson voted Yea

Johnson voted Nay

Johnson voted Nay

Passed 356/17 on Dec 21, 2018.
H.R. 4174 addresses several recommendations from the final report issued by the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. Specifically, the bill - Requires federal agencies to create ...

Johnson voted Nay

Failed 230/162 on Dec 20, 2018.

Johnson voted Nay

Passed 361/61 on Sep 26, 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 ...

Johnson voted Yea

Passed 229/177 on May 19, 2017.
H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe ...

Missed Votes

From Jan 2017 to Jun 2021, Johnson missed 113 of 2,336 roll call votes, which is 4.8%. This is much worse 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: