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Lynn Jenkins

Representative from Kansas
HOUSEREPUBLICAN2009–2019ID J000290
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LegislationHEADLINE
3%with Dems
of 4,525 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
3%with Dems
of 4,525 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
2015 → 2017
still a Republican

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓20092015
2017–18115th Congress
Sat as a Republican
4.9%with Democrats
of 791 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 2015 → 2017, +3 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

1 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 12, 2018H.R. 2Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 12, 2018noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 12, 2018H.Res. 1176Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, and for other purposesLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textProviding for consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, and for other purposesParty majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Dec 12, 2018H.Res. 1176Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, and for other purposesLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 30, 2018H.R. 6901Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2018LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Nov 29, 2018H.R. 7187National Flood Insurance Program Further Extension ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Nov 29, 2018H.Res. 1160Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 88) to modify the boundary of the Shiloh National Military Park located in Tennessee and Mississippi, to establish Parker’s Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposesLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 27, 2018H.R. 6207Democratic Republic of the Congo Democracy and Accountability Act of 2018LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Nov 27, 2018H.R. 5273Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 791 contested votes scored in the 115th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Congress0.3% · 1,182 votes
Economics and Public Finance5.4% · 1,013 votes
Armed Forces and National Security5.3% · 356 votes
Government Operations and Politics0% · 225 votes
Environmental Protection1% · 204 votes
Finance and Financial Sector0.5% · 186 votes
Energy0.5% · 184 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources2.6% · 151 votes
Health0.8% · 124 votes
Taxation1% · 105 votes
Emergency Management3.2% · 94 votes
Transportation and Public Works3.6% · 83 votes
Agriculture and Food8.7% · 69 votes
Education3% · 66 votes
Law3.8% · 53 votes
Water Resources Development2% · 51 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement6.5% · 46 votes
Science, Technology, Communications2.3% · 44 votes
Housing and Community Development0% · 41 votes
Labor and Employment0% · 41 votes
International Affairs3.8% · 26 votes
Commerce8% · 25 votes
Immigration0% · 20 votes
Native Americans5.6% · 18 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0% · 10 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance10% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Social Welfare— · 9 votes
Animals— · 8 votes
Families— · 1 vote
Sports and Recreation— · 1 vote

They also voted in 2 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Social Sciences and History.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

5 Congresses
111th · 2009115th · 2017
Republican · House · KS111th–115th
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
LJ

Lynn Jenkins

Representative from Kansas
HOUSER2009–20195 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
3.2%with Democrats
of 4,525 votes · 96.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested3%of 4,525 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts2015→17, as a Republican

Career arc

10050020092017
2017–18 · 115th · Republican · of 791 votes4.9%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 791 contested votes scored in the 115th

By policy area

career
Congress0.3% · 1,182
Economics and Public Finance5.4% · 1,013
Armed Forces and National Security5.3% · 356
Government Operations and Politics0% · 225
Environmental Protection1% · 204
Finance and Financial Sector0.5% · 186
Energy0.5% · 184
Public Lands and Natural Resources2.6% · 151
Health0.8% · 124
Taxation1% · 105
Emergency Management3.2% · 94
Transportation and Public Works3.6% · 83
Agriculture and Food8.7% · 69
Education3% · 66
Law3.8% · 53
Water Resources Development2% · 51
Crime and Law Enforcement6.5% · 46
Science, Technology, Communications2.3% · 44
Housing and Community Development0% · 41
Labor and Employment0% · 41
International Affairs3.8% · 26
Commerce8% · 25
Immigration0% · 20
Native Americans5.6% · 18
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues0% · 10
Foreign Trade and International Finance10% · 10
Social Welfare— · 9
Animals— · 8
Families— · 1
Sports and Recreation— · 1

Also voted in 2 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Social Sciences and History.

Service record

111th · 2009115th · 2017
Republican111th–115th

Party switchers

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