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]](/static/legislator-photos/412640-200px.jpeg)
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 from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 30, 2016. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Zinke was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 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
Zinke sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (32%) Armed Forces and National Security (21%) Energy (16%) Taxation (11%) International Affairs (11%) Native Americans (11%)
Recent Bills
Some of Zinke’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6528 (114th): Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act
- H.R. 6295 (114th): CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act
- H.R. 5999 (114th): Global War on Terrorism War Memorial Act
- H.R. 5778 (114th): Alex Diekmann Peak Designation Act of 2016
- H.R. 5633 (114th): Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act
- H.Res. 807 (114th): Expressing support for designation of May 5, 2017, as “National Day of ...
- H.R. 5259 (114th): Certainty for States and Tribes Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
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 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Feb 2017. 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.
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
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
