Rep. Randy Feenstra

Earmarks

Feenstra did not request any earmarks for fiscal year 2024.

Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. More about FY2024 earmark requests from Demand Progress Education Fund »

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Feenstra.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Feenstra 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 Feenstra has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Sep 22, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Randy Feenstra sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Agriculture
  Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry subcommittees
• House Committee on Ways and Means
  Oversight, Social Security, Tax subcommittees

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Feenstra sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Agriculture and Food (25%) Science, Technology, Communications (22%) Energy (14%) International Affairs (8%) Housing and Community Development (8%) Taxation (8%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%) Education (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Feenstra recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.Res. 724: Honoring the life and legacy of Jack Trice.
• H.R. 5707: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude debt held by …
• H.R. 5167: Protecting Girls with Turner Syndrome Act of 2023
• H.R. 5078: FARMLAND Act of 2023
• H.R. 4904: Build the Wall and Fight Fentanyl Act of 2023
• H.R. 4860: PROTECT the Second Amendment Act
• H.R. 4612: FRIDGE Act of 2023

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2021 to Sep 2023, Feenstra missed 5 of 1,414 roll call votes, which is 0.4%. This is better than the median of 1.7% 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, major life events, and running for higher office.

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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
• Office of Rep. Feenstra for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills