Policy criticism
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6.7%
of sponsored bills got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of House Republicans
6.7% of 15 sponsored bills got out of committee; the average for House Republicans is 17%. Ranks 174th of 216, where 1st is the highest share.
The share of bills Zinke sponsored that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, ranked among House Republicans. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position as well as effort.
At a glance
6 measures against House Republicans. The policy areas Zinke talks about and legislates on agree at 0.60 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom quarter of House Republicans. Zinke missed 3.0% of 674 roll calls, attendance in the bottom half of House Republicans (average 96.3%).
The measures on which Zinke sits furthest from the middle of House Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.
Out of committee
6.7%
House Republicans average 17% · ranks 174th of 216
Talk-to-bills agreement
0.60
House Republicans average 0.64 · ranks 174th of 221
Attendance
97.0%
House Republicans average 96.3% · ranks 152nd of 221 · 674 roll calls
Party unity
97.4%
House Republicans average 97.1% · ranks 145th of 221 · 20 votes against the majority of House Republicans
Bipartisanship
9.8%
House Republicans average 8.9% · ranks 74th of 221
CSIP ideology
+0.99
Right of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.01
Peer group: House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Zinke, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Zinke is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).
What Zinke says
Zinke attacks opponents personally less than 61% of House Republicans. Personal attacks in 0.7% of 751 statements, against 2.1% for the average House Republican; 136th of 221.
An AI model reads each of Zinke’s 751 statements in the 119th Congress (618 posts on X, 81 press releases, 35 newsletters, 17 Congressional Record speeches) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for House Republicans and ranked among them.
Kinds of statement
Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress
0%80%
Zinke
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion504 statements
67%
68%
133rd of 221
Credit claiming304 statements
40%
37%
86th of 221
Policy criticism101 statements
13%
15%
124th of 221
Bipartisanship74 statements
10%
9%
74th of 221
Personal attacks5 statements
1%
2%
136th of 221
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| Row | Zinke | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Policy discussion | 67% | 68% |
| Credit claiming | 40% | 37% |
| Policy criticism | 13% | 15% |
| Bipartisanship | 10% | 9% |
| Personal attacks | 1% | 2% |
751
statements classified
618 posts on X, 81 press releases, 35 newsletters, 17 Congressional Record speeches.
Show the data
| Part | Value |
|---|---|
| posts on X | 618 |
| press releases | 81 |
| newsletters | 35 |
| Congressional Record speeches | 17 |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is Zinke; the thin grey bar is the average House Republicans. A longer thick bar means Zinke does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.
Extreme labels
Zinke used extreme labels in 2.4% of statements, below the peer average. 18 statements, most often aimed at far left; peers 3.0%.
- “radical”7
- “woke”6
- “far left”4
- “extreme”1
Who gets the labels
Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements
- far left3
- Democrats2
- agenda1
- climate programs1
- DEI initiatives1
What an extreme label is
Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.
Month by month
Share of statements per month, the 119th Congress
Show the data
| Column | Statements | Personal attacks | Policy criticism | Policy discussion | Bipartisanship | Credit claiming | Extreme labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan ’25 | 36 | 0.0% | 13.9% | 50.0% | 16.7% | 44.4% | 0.0% |
| Feb ’25 | 27 | 0.0% | 7.4% | 59.3% | 11.1% | 33.3% | 3.7% |
| Mar ’25 | 51 | 2.0% | 27.5% | 70.6% | 3.9% | 29.4% | 2.0% |
| Apr ’25 | 36 | 0.0% | 8.3% | 66.7% | 8.3% | 25.0% | 2.8% |
| May ’25 | 52 | 0.0% | 11.5% | 63.5% | 17.3% | 36.5% | 1.9% |
| Jun ’25 | 51 | 0.0% | 15.7% | 62.7% | 3.9% | 35.3% | 2.0% |
| Jul ’25 | 49 | 0.0% | 18.4% | 89.8% | 10.2% | 67.3% | 4.1% |
| Aug ’25 | 25 | 0.0% | 16.0% | 64.0% | 8.0% | 32.0% | 0.0% |
| Sep ’25 | 48 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 62.5% | 8.3% | 41.7% | 6.3% |
| Oct ’25 | 34 | 0.0% | 20.6% | 58.8% | 11.8% | 26.5% | 5.9% |
| Nov ’25 | 38 | 0.0% | 15.8% | 65.8% | 18.4% | 44.7% | 5.3% |
| Dec ’25 | 33 | 3.0% | 9.1% | 69.7% | 6.1% | 42.4% | 3.0% |
| Jan ’26 | 42 | 4.8% | 4.8% | 78.6% | 11.9% | 42.9% | 0.0% |
| Feb ’26 | 55 | 0.0% | 7.3% | 63.6% | 3.6% | 41.8% | 0.0% |
| Mar ’26 | 49 | 0.0% | 20.4% | 69.4% | 6.1% | 42.9% | 4.1% |
| Apr ’26 | 32 | 3.1% | 6.3% | 81.3% | 9.4% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| May ’26 | 25 | 0.0% | 4.0% | 52.0% | 12.0% | 48.0% | 0.0% |
| Jun ’26 | 45 | 0.0% | 13.3% | 66.7% | 15.6% | 44.4% | 2.2% |
| Jul ’26 | 14 | 0.0% | 7.1% | 71.4% | 0.0% | 21.4% | 0.0% |
| Aug ’26 | 4 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Sep ’26 | 4 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
| Oct ’26 | 1 | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) | — (fewer than 10 statements) |
How to read the strips
Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the 119th Congress, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 3 months are hatched here.
In Zinke’s words
Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned
Personal attacks
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Apr 26, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; Crime and Law Enforcement; Armed Forces and National Security; target: assailant · Source
Extreme label
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Jun 10, 2026 · Posts on X · policy criticism; policy discussion; credit claiming; Immigration; Armed Forces and National Security; extreme label “far left” aimed at far left · Source
Examples by category
Up to five recent statements in each category
Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · Crime and Law Enforcement · Armed Forces and National Security · target: assailantSource
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Armed Forces and National Security · Law · target: Democrat lawmakersSource
Press releases
DOW Moves to Punish Senator Featured in Reckless Video Targeting U.S. Troops Following Zinke’s Resolution Washington, D.C. – Today, Western Montana Congressman and former U.S. Navy SEAL Ryan Zinke praised reports that the Department of War is moving to downgrade Sen. Mark Kelly’s military retirement rank and pay following his participation in a video encouraging servicemembers to independently judge and refuse orders…
personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Armed Forces and National Security · target: Mark KellySource
Newsletters
A message from Congressman Ryan Zinke | | | | | | News | | | | | | | | Zinke Releases Statement Opposing FAST-41 process for the Sheep Creek Mine in Ravalli County "Montana knows better than anyone there's a right and wrong way to mine. Fast tracking a mine with overwhelming public opposition and bypassing the mechanisms that allow for transparency and accountability is the wrong way to do it. Ravalli County officia…
personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · Armed Forces and National Security · Economics and Public Finance · Energy · Environmental Protection · Government Operations and Politics · Housing and Community Development · Law · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Transportation and Public Works · target: Mark Kelly, Elissa Slotkin, Jason Crow, Christopher Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, Chrissy Houlahan
Posts on X
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personal attacks · policy discussion · credit claiming · International Affairs · target: Francesca AlbaneseSource
All 751 statements
Newest first, the 119th Congress
The full feed
Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 618 posts on X, 81 press releases, 35 newsletters, 17 Congressional Record speeches.
Policy
Armed Forces and National Security is what Zinke talks about most: 30% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.60 on a 0–1 scale (House Republicans average 0.64; 174th of 221).
Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Zinke talks about. The bills Zinke sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.
What Zinke talks about
Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress
0%35%
Zinke
Peers
Armed Forces and National Security151 statements
30%
24%
Public Lands and Natural Resources142 statements
28%
4%
Economics and Public Finance92 statements
18%
19%
Transportation and Public Works77 statements
15%
7%
Health63 statements
13%
15%
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| Row | Zinke | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Armed Forces and National Security | 30% | 24% |
| Public Lands and Natural Resources | 28% | 4% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 18% | 19% |
| Transportation and Public Works | 15% | 7% |
| Health | 13% | 15% |
How to read the bars
The thick bar is the share of Zinke’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for House Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
Talks about · legislates on
Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the House Republicans averages.
Show the data
| Area | Talks about | House Republicans, talks about | Legislates on | House Republicans, legislates on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armed Forces and National Security | 30% | 24% | 8% | 8% |
| Public Lands and Natural Resources | 28% | 4% | 22% | 3% |
| Economics and Public Finance | 18% | 19% | 2% | 2% |
| Transportation and Public Works | 15% | 7% | 2% | 4% |
| Health | 13% | 15% | 5% | 11% |
0.60
talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1
House Republicans average 0.64. Ranks 174th of 221.
What agreement means, and what it doesn’t
Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Zinke legislates on exactly the areas Zinke talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Zinke sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology
Zinke sits at +0.99 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more liberal than 51% of House Republicans. Approximate range +0.98 to +1.01, which understates the uncertainty; from 15,723 donors and 3,164 roll calls.
CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.
+0.99
CSIP ideal point
Approximate range +0.98 to +1.01. From 15,723 donors and 3,164 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.
The outlined dot is Zinke, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Zinke’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.
What this means, and what it doesn’t
The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.
Where Zinke sits
Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale
House Republicans221 · median +1.0
All House439 · median +0.3
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| Group | Officials | Median | Share left of Zinke |
|---|---|---|---|
| House Republicans | 221 | +1.0 | 49% |
| All House | 439 | +0.3 | 74% |
How to read the strips
Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Zinke in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Zinke.
Money
Zinke raised $10.1M in the 2024 cycle, close to the House Republicans’ median of $10.1M. 47% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 17% of itemized individual money came from Montana.
Campaign money from Federal Election Commission filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only.
$10.1M
raised in the 2024 cycle
From 7,514 itemized donors. House Republicans’ median $10.1M.
Where the money came from
Each square is one percent of 2024-cycle receipts, from FEC summary totals.
- Itemized individual (over $200)42 squares$4.2M
- Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)37 squares$3.7M
- PACs and other committees13 squares$1.3M
- Party committees$249
- Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)8 squares$873.0K
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| Source | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Itemized individual (over $200) | $4.2M | 41.7% |
| Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less) | $3.7M | 36.9% |
| PACs and other committees | $1.3M | 12.8% |
| Party committees | $249 | 0.0% |
| Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds) | $873.0K | 8.6% |
What this means, and what it doesn’t
Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind. The small-donor share understates small giving when a campaign itemizes gifts made through ActBlue or WinRed.
Receipts by cycle
Total receipts, 2022 to 2024. The grey line is the House Republicans’ median for 2024.
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2022 cycle | $6.6M |
| 2024 cycle | $10.1M |
Top donor states, 2024
Itemized contributions by donor state. 17% came from Montana.
- Montana$791.6K
- Texas$612.9K
- Florida$481.3K
- California$445.0K
- Virginia$152.5K
Small donations
Gifts of $200 or less as a share of individual money, by cycle. The thin grey bar is the 2024 House Republicans’ median.
0%60%
Zinke
Median
2024
47%
47%
2022
41%
47%
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| Row | Zinke | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 cycle | 47% | 47% |
| 2022 cycle | 41% | 47% |
Where itemized donors live
Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state
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| State | Value |
|---|---|
| Montana | $791.6K |
| Texas | $612.9K |
| Florida | $481.3K |
| California | $445.0K |
| Virginia | $152.5K |
| Arizona | $141.0K |
| Georgia | $114.4K |
| Colorado | $106.4K |
| Ohio | $98.6K |
| New York | $93.8K |
| Illinois | $83.4K |
| Nevada | $82.8K |
| Pennsylvania | $81.8K |
| South Carolina | $79.5K |
| Washington | $75.0K |
| North Carolina | $74.1K |
| Alabama | $72.4K |
| Oklahoma | $68.5K |
| Michigan | $66.8K |
| Oregon | $63.6K |
| Utah | $62.0K |
| Tennessee | $58.5K |
| Indiana | $56.4K |
| Louisiana | $54.6K |
| Wyoming | $53.3K |
| Wisconsin | $52.8K |
| Maryland | $52.1K |
| Idaho | $47.7K |
| District of Columbia | $47.5K |
| Missouri | $46.2K |
| Minnesota | $45.2K |
| New Jersey | $44.4K |
| Arkansas | $39.3K |
| Massachusetts | $38.6K |
| New Mexico | $32.3K |
| Mississippi | $28.6K |
| Kansas | $28.2K |
| North Dakota | $27.1K |
| Connecticut | $22.0K |
| Kentucky | $20.5K |
| New Hampshire | $19.4K |
| South Dakota | $15.6K |
| Alaska | $14.7K |
| Maine | $14.0K |
| Iowa | $13.6K |
| Hawaii | $12.1K |
| Nebraska | $10.9K |
| West Virginia | $10.6K |
| Vermont | $9,000 |
| Delaware | $5,366 |
| Rhode Island | $851 |
7,514
itemized donors
People who gave more than $200
17%
from Montana
Of itemized individual dollars
How to read the map
Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Montana. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.
Donors’ ideology
Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores
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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CSIP −1.25 to −1.00 | 0.0% |
| CSIP −1.00 to −0.75 | 0.0% |
| CSIP −0.75 to −0.50 | 0.1% |
| CSIP −0.50 to −0.25 | 0.1% |
| CSIP −0.25 to 0.00 | 0.1% |
| CSIP 0.00 to +0.25 | 0.4% |
| CSIP +0.25 to +0.50 | 0.9% |
| CSIP +0.50 to +0.75 | 3.9% |
| CSIP +0.75 to +1.00 | 42% |
| CSIP +1.00 to +1.25 | 51% |
| CSIP +1.25 to +1.50 | 1.4% |
| CSIP +1.50 to +1.75 | 0.1% |
How to read the columns
Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Zinke’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Zinke’s own score is +0.99.
Top donor occupations
Itemized, 2024 cycle.
- RETIRED$3.0M 5,574 donors
- CEO$97.4K 67 donors
- OWNER$82.8K 83 donors
- PRESIDENT$69.6K 49 donors
- HOMEMAKER$63.2K 39 donors
Top committees
PAC and committee contributions, 2024 cycle.
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC$10.0K
- BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PAC$10.0K
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)$10.0K
- BUILDING UP DEMOCRACY'S DREAM$10.0K
- CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATION$10.0K
Top employers
Itemized, 2024 cycle.
- ORACLE$16.0K 4 donors
- XEBEC$13.2K 3 donors
- RBW GROUP$7,500 4 donors
- TARGETED VICTORY$4,000 4 donors
- JLL$3,912 3 donors
Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.
Votes
Zinke voted with the majority of House Republicans on 97.4% of party-line votes and missed 3.0% of 674 roll calls. House Republicans on average: 97.1% party unity, 96.3% attendance. Across all roll calls, Zinke voted against the majority of House Republicans 20 times.
674 roll calls Zinke could vote on in the 119th Congress, compared with House Republicans. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Zinke voted with the majority of House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.
20
votes against the majority of House Republicans
Party unity 97.4%, House Republicans average 97.1%, ranks 145th of 221. 674 roll calls in the 119th Congress.
Attendance and party unity
The thick bar is Zinke, the thin grey bar the House Republicans average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.
80%100%
Zinke
Peers
Rank
Attendance
97.0%
96.3%
152nd of 221
Party unity
97.4%
97.1%
145th of 221
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| Row | Zinke | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 97.0% | 96.3% |
| Party unity | 97.4% | 97.1% |
What this means, and what it doesn’t
A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.
Key votes
25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the 119th Congress
| Party split (yea–nay) | Why it’s key | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Yea | With majority | Passed | D 209–0 · R 191–14 · I 1–0Democrats 209 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 191 yea, 14 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | became law | |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 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 relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision” On Passage | Yea | With majority | Passed | D 3–207 · R 210–1 · I 1–0Democrats 3 yea, 207 nay; Republicans 210 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | close vote |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Yea | With majority | Passed | D 6–206 · R 210–1 · I 1–0Democrats 6 yea, 206 nay; Republicans 210 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | close vote | |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Yea | With majority | Passed | D 139–72 · R 212–0 · I 1–0Democrats 139 yea, 72 nay; Republicans 212 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | party crossover | |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 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 On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments | Yea | With majority | Passed | D 58–152 · R 203–7 · I 1–0Democrats 58 yea, 152 nay; Republicans 203 yea, 7 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 nay | became law · party crossover |
How key votes are chosen
Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.
Votes most often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Zinke most often
- Mike JohnsonR512 shared votes99%
- Tony GonzalesR418 shared votes98%
- Chuck FleischmannR654 shared votes98%
- Elise StefanikR548 shared votes98%
- J. HillR646 shared votes98%
Votes least often with
The colleagues who voted the same way as Zinke least often
- Adelita GrijalvaD376 shared votes23%
- Rashida TlaibD640 shared votes23%
- Delia RamirezD621 shared votes24%
- Dan GoldmanD577 shared votes25%
- Jan SchakowskyD613 shared votes25%
How to read the agreement lists
The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.
Full voting record
119th Congress (2025–27), loads in batches
Legislation
Zinke sponsored 15 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 155 others. 6.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans average 17%; 174th of 216).
The bills Zinke sponsored and cosponsored in the 119th Congress, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.
Bills by stage
Counts for the 119th Congress
Show the data
| Role | Introduced | In committee | Passed one chamber | Passed both chambers | Became law |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cosponsored | 155 | 155 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
How to read the blocks
Ink blocks are bills Zinke sponsored, ochre blocks bills Zinke cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.
6.7%
of sponsored bills got out of committee
House Republicans average 17%. Ranks 174th of 216.
Cosponsorship partners
Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Zinke, by number of shared bills in the 119th Congress; the square shows their party.
- Troy Downing16
- Jeff Hurd12
- Michael Lawler11
- Pete Stauber11
- Harriet Hageman10
What this means, and what it doesn’t
The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Zinke’s bills; the toggle shows more.
Bill list
Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest
| H.R. 10823 | Northwest Wetlands Voluntary Incentives Program Act | Cosponsor | Oct 15, 2026 | In committee | Environmental Protection | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Oct 15, 2026 |
| H.R. 10529 | A River Runs Through It Act | Sponsor | Sep 21, 2026 | In committee | Public Lands and Natural Resources | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Sep 21, 2026 |
| H.Res. 1511 | Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, honoring the memory of the victims, recognizing the courage and sacrifice of the heroes who answered the call to serve, acknowledging the charitable organizations that continue to support survivors and victims' families | Cosponsor | Sep 3, 2026 | In committee | Crime and Law Enforcement | Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Armed Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, Homeland Security, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Sep 3, 2026 |
| H.R. 9858 | STRATA Act of 2026 | Cosponsor | Jul 22, 2026 | In committee | International Affairs | Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Jul 22, 2026 |
| H.R. 9535 | Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026 | Cosponsor | Jun 30, 2026 | In committee | Immigration | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Jun 30, 2026 |
Online
A site that changed 41 times in 90 days. Zinke’s official site had 26 pages when last crawled on Oct 25, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Zinke posted on Sep 16, 2026.
The lab crawls Zinke’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Zinke posts with a vision model.
Websites
- 26
pages crawled
41changes in 90 days
- 3
pages crawled
0changes in 90 days
How to read the counts
“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.
Social accounts
- XRepRyanZinke
- FacebookRepRyanZinke
- InstagramRepRyanZinke
- Emailmt01rz.outreach@mail.house.gov
Images Zinke posted
The latest 24, with model-written descriptions
Five adults stand in a wood-paneled courtroom with their heads bowed, appearing to pray together. Two flags and courtroom furnishings are visible in the background. There is no clearly visible text.View post 
A group of adults pose for a photograph in a formal wood-paneled government chamber, while a photographer in the foreground takes their picture. There is a seal on the wall and text is not prominent.View post 
Three men are talking and smiling in a wood-paneled formal chamber. Two wear cowboy hats, and one wears a suit and tie. There is no prominent text.View post 
A black-and-white commemorative poster shows three firefighters raising an American flag amid the wreckage of the September 11 attacks. Political campaign logos appear in the top corners, and large commemorative text fills the lower portion.View post 
A large group of men and women pose for a group photo inside a rustic wooden building. Several people wear cowboy hats, and some kneel in the front row. There is text on a few items of clothing and in the background.View post
About the descriptions
Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.
Methods and sources
How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.
The headline
The headline is the measure on which Zinke is most unusual among House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.
The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.
A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).
Identifiers
- Profile id
- Z000018
- Bioguide
- Z000018
- FEC candidate ids
- H4MT01041
Bulk files with the same data for every official:
Freshness of this profile’s data
- What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
- Roll calls (Congress)Sep 30, 202628 days agoVoteview roll calls, 113th Congress (2013) on.
- Bills (Congress)Oct 22, 20266 days agoGovInfo BILLSTATUS: sponsors, cosponsors, actions, CRS policy area.
- Campaign money (FEC)Oct 22, 20266 days agoFEC committee financial summaries (totals, small donations) and itemized contributions (donor counts, states, employers), cycles 2020-2026; aggregates only.
- Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
- WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
- ImagesOct 28, 2026todayImages in members' tweets with vision-model descriptions.
How the measures work
- What politicians say
- Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
- Extreme labels
- A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
- Policy areas and agreement
- Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
- Ideology (CSIP)
- Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
- Campaign money
- Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
- Votes and key votes
- Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
- Peers and ranks
- Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.
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