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Sen. John Boozman

Senator for Arkansas

pronounced jon // BOHZ-mun

Boozman is the senior senator from Arkansas and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 5, 2011. Boozman is next up for reelection in 2028 and serves until Jan 3, 2029. He is 73 years old.

He was previously the representative for Arkansas’s 3rd congressional district as a Republican from 2001 to 2010.

Photo of Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Boozman is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate 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 Boozman has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Jul 11, 2024. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

John Boozman sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Boozman was the primary sponsor of 26 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 26 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

Boozman sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (35%) Agriculture and Food (16%) Health (12%) Finance and Financial Sector (10%) Government Operations and Politics (10%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (6%) Commerce (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Boozman recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Boozman voted Nay

Boozman voted Yea

Motion Agreed to 72/26 on Jan 16, 2014.
This is the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014, the bill that set the federal budget for fiscal year 2014. The bill began as the Space …

Boozman voted Nay

Passed 240/179 on Jun 3, 2009.

Boozman voted Yea

Boozman voted Yea

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Jul 2024, Boozman missed 104 of 4,466 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is on par with the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of senators 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: