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Rep. Ryan Zinke

Former Representative for Montana’s At-Large District

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Zinke was the representative for Montana’s at-large district and was a Republican. He served from 2015 to 2017.

Photo of Rep. Ryan Zinke [R-MT0, 2015-2017]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Zinke is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2016 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 Zinke sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Zinke was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was 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 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Zinke sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (32%) Armed Forces and National Security (21%) Energy (16%) International Affairs (11%) Native Americans (11%) Taxation (11%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Zinke’s Vote Vote Description
Not Voting H.J.Res. 43: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating ...
Feb 16, 2017. Passed 230/188.
Joe Biden never got the opportunity to break a single 50-50 Senate tie in eight years as vice president. Mike Pence has already broken two. One from last month has since become law: a measure allowing states to withhold federal Planned Parenthood funding. (The other ...
Nay H.R. 5607: Enhancing Treasury’s Anti-Terror Tools Act
Jul 11, 2016. Passed 362/45.
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 ...
Nay H.R. 623: Social Media Working Group Act of 2015
Feb 2, 2015. Passed 328/51.
Nay H.R. 23: National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2015
Jan 7, 2015. Passed 381/39.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2015 to Feb 2017, Zinke missed 125 of 1,433 roll call votes, which is 8.7%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Feb 2017. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Primary Sources

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