Rep. John Yarmuth
Former Representative for Kentucky’s 3rd District
pronounced jon // YAHR-muth
Yarmuth was the representative for Kentucky’s 3rd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2007 to 2022.
![Photo of Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY3, 2007-2022]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/412211-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Yarmuth.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Yarmuth is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2022 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 legislators sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Dec 27, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Yarmuth was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1868 (117th): To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1319 (117th): American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
- H.R. 3877 (116th): Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019
- H.R. 2021 (116th): Investing for the People Act of 2019
- H.R. 5524 (110th): Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008
- H.R. 4454 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3050 Hunsinger Lane in Louisville, Kentucky, as the “Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Military Heroes of …
Does 6 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
Yarmuth sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Economics and Public Finance (34%) Families (29%) Education (9%) Health (9%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Social Welfare (6%) Labor and Employment (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Yarmuth recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 1470 (117th): Expressing support for the designation of the week of November 14 through …
- H.R. 8948 (117th): Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2022
- H.Res. 1360 (117th): Expressing support for designation of the week of September 18 through 24, …
- H.J.Res. 89 (117th): Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to …
- H.R. 8067 (117th): To make technical changes clarifying section 503 of the Federal Credit Reform …
- H.R. 8066 (117th): To make technical changes clarifying section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform …
- H.Res. 1151 (117th): Providing for budget allocations, and for other purposes.
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2007 to Dec 2022, Yarmuth missed 494 of 10,828 roll call votes, which is 4.6%. This is much worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2022. 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.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
