Rep. John Boehner
Former Representative for Ohio’s 8th District
Boehner was the representative for Ohio’s 8th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1991 to 2015.
![Photo of Rep. John Boehner [R-OH8, 1991-2015]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/400036-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Boehner 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 ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Boehner sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 30, 2016. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Boehner was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 471 (112th): Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act
- H.J.Res. 101 (109th): Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Tenth Congress.
- H.R. 5684 (109th): United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
- H.R. 4 (109th): Pension Protection Act of 2006
- H.R. 4525 (109th): Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2005
- H.R. 4579 (109th): Employee Retirement Preservation Act
- H.R. 3784 (109th): Higher Education Extension Act of 2005
Does 13 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
Boehner sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (60%) Education (40%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Boehner recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 10 (114th): SOAR Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 3461 (114th): To approve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed at Vienna on …
- H.Con.Res. 146 (112th): Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a …
- H.Res. 786 (112th): Honoring the four United States public servants who died in Libya and …
- H.Res. 497 (112th): To provide for the placement of a statue or bust of Sir …
- H.Res. 292 (112th): Declaring that the President shall not deploy, establish, or maintain the presence …
- H.R. 471 (112th): Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1991 to Oct 2015, Boehner missed 513 of 12,814 roll call votes, which is 4.0%. This is worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 2015. 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.
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
