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John Hoeven

John Hoeven

R ND · Senate

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Defense

-63
Helped 776 Hurt 839 Unclear 571

Healthcare

+84
Helped 360 Hurt 276 Unclear 206

Energy

-29
Helped 335 Hurt 364 Unclear 117

Agriculture

+45
Helped 330 Hurt 285 Unclear 104

Finance

-51
Helped 267 Hurt 318 Mixed 1 Unclear 111

Veterans Affairs

+196
Helped 344 Hurt 148 Unclear 84

Appropriations

+99
Helped 261 Hurt 162 Unclear 17

Education

-4
Helped 137 Hurt 141 Unclear 101

Environment

-32
Helped 97 Hurt 129 Unclear 86

Trade

+7
Helped 137 Hurt 130 Unclear 37

Government Operations

-9
Helped 42 Hurt 51 Unclear 209

Transportation

-41
Helped 94 Hurt 135 Unclear 69

Federal Budget

+162
Helped 207 Hurt 45 Unclear 36

Housing

+102
Helped 178 Hurt 76 Unclear 13

Immigration

-114
Helped 29 Hurt 143 Unclear 44

Criminal Justice

+30
Helped 116 Hurt 86 Unclear 13

Technology

+13
Helped 98 Hurt 85 Unclear 26

Foreign Policy

-12
Helped 81 Hurt 93 Mixed 1 Unclear 29

Labor

-17
Helped 44 Hurt 61 Unclear 54

Foreign Affairs

-5
Helped 52 Hurt 57 Unclear 30
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

11438 industry impacts

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How this is computed

P Primary sponsor · C Co-sponsor · Y Yea vote · N Nay vote

Weighted score (w:) uses strongest role per bill. Weights: Primary 1.0, Co-sponsor 0.3, Yea 0.1, Nay -0.1.

Bills where the legislator voted nay (without sponsorship) contribute -0.1 per bill. Equal yea and nay roll calls on the same bill contribute 0.

Vote date filters affect vote attribution; sponsorship is always included.

Positive-Effect Industries

Direct (1381), Veterans Affairs (116), Defense (93), DoD (33), VA (19), Executive (16), USDA (16), Legislative (12), Treasury (12), Agriculture (11), Congress (11), CMS (9), NPS (7), State (7), Justice (6), Oversight (6), DOJ (4), Education (4), Foreign Affairs (4), ICE (4), Judiciary (4), DHS (3), Transportation (3), Cemeteries (2), FDA (2), FEMA (2), Housing (2), Interior/USDA (2), International Development (2), Local (2), Military Logistics (2), NASA (2), SBA (2), SSA (2), Defense R&D (1), Executive Branch (1), HHS (1), Intelligence (1), Judicial (1), Legislative Branch (1), Manufacturing (1), Military Personnel (1), State Department (1)
Direct (232), Veterans (121), Military Families (16), Military (3), Foreign (2)
Direct (213), Research (15), Community (3), Tribal (3), Patients (1)
Direct (219), Naval (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1), Missiles (1), Missiles/Hypersonics (1), Nuclear C3 (1), Rotorcraft (1), Small Business (1), Small/Innovative (1), Space Systems (1)
Direct (176), Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2)
Direct (156), Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
Direct (148), Child Care (3), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1)

Negative-Effect Industries

Direct (1106), Veterans Affairs (66), Defense (65), EPA (22), NPS (11), FDA (9), Education (8), Agriculture (7), BLM (7), Forest Service (7), HHS (7), Foreign (5), USDA (5), CFPB (4), Treasury/IRS (4), VA (4), DHS (3), Executive (3), Legislative (3), NOAA (3), NOAA/EPA (3), SEC (3), Treasury (3), Acquisition (2), Congress (2), Defense Acquisition (2), Executive Branch (2), Intelligence (2), Military (2), Military Dependents (2), Military Personnel (2), Coast Guard (1), DoD (1), Energy/Defense (1), FDIC (1), Federal Reserve (1), Housing (1), Interior Department (1), NNSA (1), OCC (1), Space Force (1), Strategic Command (1), U.S. Coast Guard (1), Waste Management (1)
Direct (145), Nuclear (2), Logistics (1), Maintenance (1)
Direct (118), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Family Planning Services (2), Public Health (2), Reproductive Health (2), Safety Net Providers (2)

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Showing positive and negative-direction effects only. Mixed and uncertain effects are not included in these counts.

Votes by Industry (Yea/Nay Alignment)

How this legislator's Yea/Nay votes landed across industries; distinct from overall bill exposure above.

Analysis coverage
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S+ Supported Benefits
S- Supported Burdens
O+ Opposed Benefits
O- Opposed Burdens
Industry S+ S- O+ O- Net
Government (58 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Veterans Affairs (180), Defense (158), DoD (34), VA (23), EPA (22) +53 more
+541
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Veterans (141), Military Families (16), Military (3), Foreign (2), Taxpayers (1)
+240
Defense (14 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Naval (2), Nuclear (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1) +9 more
+78
Military (2 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Families (1), Space Force (1)
+29
Healthcare (8 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Research (15), Community (3), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Tribal (3), Family Planning Services (2) +3 more
+75
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Child Care (3), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1)
+34
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
- +107
Taxpayers - - +18
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2), Coffee Production (1)
- +142
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Foreign (7), Electrical Equipment (2), Defense (1), Foreign Adversary (1)
+7
Transportation +13
Immigration - -109
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): HSA (7), HSA Administration (2), Transgender Individuals (1)
+39
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Medicaid (6), Medicaid Programs (4), Non-Expansion (3)
+3
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Distributed Generation (1)
+28

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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

sres74-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Condemning the Government of Iran’s state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.

1 clause Feb 16, 2023
Lobbying Foreign Businesses Education Foreign Affairs

s461-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 16, 2023
Financial Services Consumers Federal Government

s444-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require any convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response reached by the World Health Assembly to be subject to Senate ratification.

2 clauses Feb 15, 2023
Environmental Groups Scientific Research Foreign Affairs Federal Government

s443-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of LIFO inventory for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

1 clause Feb 15, 2023
Lobbying Transportation Consumers Federal Government

s428-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit the Federal Government from entering into contracts with an entity that discriminates against firearm or ammunition industries, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Feb 15, 2023
Financial Services Business Foreign Businesses Federal Government

s453-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the implementation of new requirements to report bank account deposits and withdrawals.

1 clause Feb 15, 2023
Financial Services Consumers Federal Government

s346-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish the Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters within the Department of Agriculture.

2 clauses Feb 9, 2023
Environmental Groups Agriculture Federal Government National Security

s319-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the President from issuing moratoria on leasing and permitting energy and minerals on certain Federal land.

1 clause Feb 9, 2023
Agriculture Oil & Gas Energy Production Federal Government

s344-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans’ disability compensation and retired pay for disability retirees with fewer than 20 years of service and a combat-related disability, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 9, 2023
Veterans Homeowners Federal Government Consumers

s333-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for extensions of detention of certain aliens ordered removed, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Feb 9, 2023
Environmental Groups Immigrant Communities Federal Government National Security

s293-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Feb 7, 2023
Telecommunications Financial Services Federal Government National Security

sres29-118

Cosponsor

Designating the week beginning February 5, 2023, as National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week.

1 clause Feb 2, 2023
Education Native American Tribes

s256-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To terminate certain waivers of sanctions with respect to Iran issued in connection with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and for other purposes.

1 clause Feb 2, 2023
Environmental Groups Foreign Businesses Energy Production Federal Government

s218-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Feb 1, 2023
Foreign Businesses Oil & Gas Energy Production Federal Government

s214-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.

2 clauses Feb 1, 2023
Business Consumers Federal Government

s161-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs.

1 clause Jan 31, 2023
Business Environmental Groups Education Federal Government

s184-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.

10 clauses Jan 31, 2023
All Industries Federal Government General Public Civic and Social Organizations

s166-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide leave for the spontaneous loss of an unborn child, and for other purposes.

6 clauses Jan 31, 2023
Business Healthcare Consumers Federal Government Consumers

s168-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to include the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and require review of certain agricultural transactions, and for other purposes.

1 clause Jan 31, 2023
Scientific Research Agriculture Federal Government National Security

s170-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish a Joint Select Committee on Afghanistan to conduct a full investigation and compile a joint report on the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan.

1 clause Jan 31, 2023
Environmental Groups Airlines Foreign Affairs Federal Government

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