John Boozman
Senator for Arkansas · Republican
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Seats held: Senator for AR, 2011–now · Representative for AR-3, 2001–2011.
Arkansas has about 3.1 million residents, represented by two senators.
Votes compared with what constituents said
- Cooperative Election Study: voted with 23 of 54 surveyed votes where Arkansas's estimated majority was clear.
- Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape: on these votes, Arkansas's estimated opinion was too close to call.
| Survey question | Vote | How they voted | What constituents said | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to contraceptives (Right to Contraception Act) | June 5, 2024 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (69.5% support, likely 64–75%) | Against the majority |
| Renew post-9/11 surveillance programs that allow searching electronic data without a warrant (FISA reauthorization) | April 19, 2024 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (35.2% support, likely 29.6–40.9%) | Against the majority |
| Recognize same-sex and interracial marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (55.6% support, likely 49.1–62.2%) | Too close to call |
| Require all federal agencies to recognize same-sex marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (56.6% support, likely 50.2–63%) | Against the majority |
| Clean-energy tax credits, lower ACA premiums and Medicare drug price negotiation (Inflation Reduction Act) | August 7, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (67.4% support, likely 62.3–72.5%) | Against the majority |
| $52 billion for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research (CHIPS and Science Act) | July 27, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (64.4% support, likely 59.2–69.6%) | Against the majority |
| Increase spending on mental health and school safety, and tighten gun background checks for buyers under 21 (Bipartisan Safer Communities Act) | June 23, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (84.8% support, likely 79.6–90%) | Against the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (second wording) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (62.7% support, likely 56.4–69%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (70.2% support, likely 64.2–76.1%) | Against the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (56.6% support, likely 51.2–61.9%) | Against the majority |
| Appoint Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2022 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (43.9% support, likely 38.3–49.5%) | With the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (79.7% support, likely 74–85.3%) | Against the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (84.3% support, likely 80.1–88.5%) | Against the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (75.3% support, likely 69.2–81.4%) | Against the majority |
| Increase federal spending on high-tech research and development (U.S. Innovation and Competition Act) | June 8, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (52.8% support, likely 46.3–59.4%) | Too close to call |
| Establish a commission to investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol | May 28, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (53.9% support, likely 47.4–60.4%) | Too close to call |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (57% support, likely 51.6–62.4%) | Against the majority |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (55.6% support, likely 49–62.1%) | Too close to call |
| Impeach and convict President Trump (January 2021) | February 13, 2021 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (54.2% support, likely 43.5–65%) | Too close to call |
| CARES Act ($2 trillion in coronavirus relief, March 2020) | March 25, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (91.5% support, likely 88.4–94.7%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for obstruction of Congress | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (37.7% support, likely 32.3–43.1%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for abuse of power | February 5, 2020 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (38.2% support, likely 32.8–43.6%) | With the majority |
| Build a wall on the southern border | March 14, 2019 · official record | Nay (for the proposal) | Too close to call (50.7% support, likely 48.3–53.2%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.9% support, likely 48.8–59%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.3% support, likely 46.6–60%) | Too close to call |
| Appoint Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (52.8% support, likely 47.3–58.2%) | Too close to call |
| Repeal only the Affordable Care Act's requirement that everyone have health insurance | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (42.7% support, likely 37.7–47.8%) | Related bill, not counted |
| The 2017 tax bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (63.6% support, likely 58.6–68.6%) | With the majority |
| Impose sanctions on countries and firms doing business with North Korea | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (70.8% support, likely 66–75.6%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Require the President to get Congress's approval to ease sanctions on Russia | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (66.3% support, likely 61.3–71.2%) | With the majority |
| Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea) | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (76% support, likely 69.5–82.4%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (51.4% support, likely 46–56.8%) | Too close to call |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (51% support, likely 44.1–57.9%) | Too close to call |
| Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (government funding through September 2017) | May 4, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (71.8% support, likely 65.3–78.3%) | With the majority |
| Appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (49.4% support, likely 44.2–54.5%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (52.1% support, likely 45.2–58.9%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education | February 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (46.8% support, likely 39.8–53.7%) | Too close to call |
| Education reform (Every Student Succeeds Act, replacing No Child Left Behind) | December 9, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (78.6% support, likely 74.2–83.1%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (61.2% support, likely 56–66.4%) | With the majority |
| Highway and transportation funding (FAST Act) | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (82.2% support, likely 78–86.5%) | With the majority |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (52.1% support, likely 46.9–57.2%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (56.7% support, likely 49.7–63.7%) | Related bill, not counted |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (76.7% support, likely 69.6–83.7%) | With the majority |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (67.4% support, likely 59.6–75.1%) | With the majority |
| Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (change how Medicare pays doctors) | April 14, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (65% support, likely 59.9–70%) | With the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | January 29, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (61.8% support, likely 55–68.6%) | With the majority |
| Raise the debt ceiling | February 12, 2014 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (42.4% support, likely 37.1–47.6%) | With the majority |
| Agriculture bill (farm programs and food stamps, 2014 Farm Bill) | February 4, 2014 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (56.2% support, likely 50.9–61.5%) | With the majority |
| Let states collect sales tax on online purchases from out-of-state sellers (Marketplace Fairness Act) | May 6, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (40.6% support, likely 33.7–47.6%) | Against the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (90.1% support, likely 84.9–95.2%) | Against the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (89.1% support, likely 83.7–94.5%) | Against the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (60.6% support, likely 54.8–66.4%) | Against the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (51% support, likely 45.7–56.3%) | Too close to call |
| Ryan budget plan (House budget resolution for 2013) | May 16, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (13.9% support, likely 9.6–18.3%) | Against the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | March 8, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (76.7% support, likely 71.4–81.9%) | With the majority |
| Let employers and insurers refuse to cover birth control for religious or moral reasons (Blunt amendment) | March 1, 2012 · official record | Nay (for the proposal) | Most oppose (36.3% support, likely 30.6–41.9%) | Against the majority |
| U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement | October 12, 2011 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (52% support, likely 46.1–57.8%) | Too close to call |
| End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) | December 15, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (64.2% support, likely 54.7–73.7%) | Against the majority |
| End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) | December 15, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (64.1% support, likely 55.4–72.9%) | Against the majority |
| Financial reform (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) | June 30, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (72.4% support, likely 65–79.8%) | Against the majority |
| Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) | May 27, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (55% support, likely 47.1–62.9%) | Too close to call |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | March 21, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (52.3% support, likely 42.5–62%) | Too close to call |
| Affordable Care Act of 2010 | March 21, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (49.5% support, likely 39.5–59.5%) | Too close to call |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | March 21, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (46.4% support, likely 37.8–55.1%) | Too close to call |
| Health care reform (House bill, November 2009) | November 7, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (40.2% support, likely 30.8–49.7%) | With the majority |
| American Clean Energy and Security Act (cap and trade) | June 26, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (53.7% support, likely 44.1–63.2%) | Too close to call |
| American Clean Energy and Security Act (cap and trade) | June 26, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (57.1% support, likely 45.5–68.8%) | Too close to call |
| American Clean Energy and Security Act (cap and trade) | June 26, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (56.6% support, likely 48.7–64.5%) | Too close to call |
| Expand federal hate-crimes law to cover sexual orientation and gender identity | April 29, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (60.3% support, likely 51.4–69.3%) | Against the majority |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (39.9% support, likely 30.3–49.5%) | With the majority |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (54.5% support, likely 44.8–64.2%) | Too close to call |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (48.6% support, likely 40.2–57%) | Too close to call |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | February 4, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (78.8% support, likely 70.8–86.8%) | Against the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | February 4, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (83.1% support, likely 72.2–94%) | Against the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | February 4, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (73.5% support, likely 66.1–80.9%) | Against the majority |
| Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (more time to sue over pay discrimination) | January 27, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (59.7% support, likely 50.8–68.6%) | Against the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 3, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (25.8% support, likely 14.6–37%) | Against the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 3, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (24.1% support, likely 13–35.1%) | Against the majority |
| The $700 billion bank bailout (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act) | October 3, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (25% support, likely 17.1–32.9%) | Against the majority |
| Federal help for homeowners facing foreclosure (Housing and Economic Recovery Act) | July 23, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (52% support, likely 42.8–61.1%) | Too close to call |
| Allow eavesdropping on overseas terrorist suspects without a court order (FISA Amendments Act) | June 20, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (69.9% support, likely 60.6–79.2%) | With the majority |
| Allow eavesdropping on overseas communications without a court order (FISA Amendments Act) | June 20, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (71.9% support, likely 64.2–79.7%) | With the majority |
| Extend NAFTA-style free trade to Peru (U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement) | November 8, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.2% support, likely 45.1–61.3%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) | September 25, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (75.2% support, likely 67.6–82.8%) | Against the majority |
| Withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq within 180 days (Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act) | July 12, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (56.1% support, likely 46.7–65.5%) | Too close to call |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | June 7, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (62.7% support, likely 53.1–72.3%) | Against the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | June 7, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (52.7% support, likely 44.8–60.7%) | Too close to call |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | June 7, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (57.7% support, likely 49.2–66.3%) | Too close to call |
| Raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour (Fair Minimum Wage Act) | January 10, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (81% support, likely 74.1–88%) | With the majority |
Attendance
In the 119th Congress, John Boozman missed 14 of 915 Senate votes (1.5%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 99.2% of the time.