# Mike Simpson

Mike Simpson is a Republican member of the U.S. House for Idaho’s 2nd district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, Idaho’s 2nd district
- Serving since: 1999-01-06
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: S001148
- FEC candidate IDs: H8ID02064

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/S001148 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

56% of Simpson’s statements claim credit, in the top 5% of House Republicans (average 37%).

## What Simpson says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,239 classified statements: 854 posts on X, 194 press releases, 177 newsletters, 14 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Simpson | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.5% | 2.1% | 92 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 10.7% | 15.1% | 165 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 71.0% | 67.7% | 96 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 8.6% | 8.9% | 91 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 56.0% | 37.4% | 10 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 2.8% | 3.0% | 94 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 27% (House Republicans 19%); Armed Forces and National Security 23% (House Republicans 24%); Government Operations and Politics 20% (House Republicans 19%); Energy 17% (House Republicans 8.6%); Immigration 17% (House Republicans 13%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.65 (standard error 0.01), from 1,760 donors and 7,256 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 97.9% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 95.2% (97.1%). 22 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 5 bills: 5 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 126. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 211 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 9171: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 (in committee, 2026-06-05) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9171
- H.R. 6279: Urban Canal Modernization Act (in committee, 2025-11-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6279
- H.R. 4754: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (in committee, 2025-07-24) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4754
- H.R. 634: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-01-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/634
- H.R. 319: To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho. (in committee, 2025-01-09) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/319
- H.R. 8998: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (passed one chamber, 2024-09-12) https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8998
- H.R. 6107: Urban Canal Modernization Act (in committee, 2024-11-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6107
- H.R. 6064: Don’t DO IT Act (in committee, 2024-01-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6064
- H.R. 4821: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (passed one chamber, 2023-11-07) https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4821
- H.R. 2694: To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes. (in committee, 2023-04-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2694

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.4M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 0.5% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 38% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-25 · Newsletter · The Simpson Standard: October 25th, 2026 · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/CongMikeSimpson/status/2114069143842648125
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/CongMikeSimpson/status/2114136926802596349
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CongMikeSimpson/status/2112959087193333832
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CongMikeSimpson/status/2112985609979809884
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/CongMikeSimpson/status/2112614926426456516
- 2026-10-18 · Newsletter · The Simpson Standard: October 18th, 2026 · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/CongMikeSimpson/status/2110052925548663142
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CongMikeSimpson/status/2109649831279079693
- 2026-10-11 · Newsletter · The Simpson Standard: October 11th, 2026 · labels: policy discussion

## Links

- Official site: https://simpson.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/CongMikeSimpson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/96007744606
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/congressmanmikesimpson
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/CongMikeSimpson
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S001148

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/S001148