Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers
Representative forKentucky’s 5th District
pronouncedHAR-uld // RAW-jerz
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Elections must be decided by counting votes
Our work to hold Congress accountable only matters if elections are decided by counting votes. After the 2020 Presidential Election, President Trump, his advisors and associates, and Republican legislators collaborated in a failed coup to have the election decided by themselves rather than by voters.
Rogers was among the Republican legislators who participated in this. On January 6, 2021 in the hours after the violent insurrection at the Capitol, Rogersvoted to omit Arizona and/or Pennsylvania from the counting of presidential electors, whichcould have altered the outcome of the election in Trump’s favor.
In 2023, Trump associates and top advisors pleaded guilty tosubmitting a fraudulent slate of electors to Congress from Georgia,making false statements about purported widespread fraud in the election, andtampering with voting machines after the election, admitted in civil court toposing as fake electors in Wisconsin, and were convicted ofcontempt of Congress for withholding documents during its investigation andassaulting police officers at the Capitol. Trump associates and top advisors are also currently facing charges for submitting fraudulent slates of electors to Congress inMichigan,Nevada,Arizona, andWisconsin. Trump himself facesrelated criminal charges in state court, and a federal investigation which terminated because he won re-election alleged thatTrump sought to ignore true vote counts, manufactured fraudulent slates of presidential electors, and used the January 6 riot to obstruct the congressional certification of the presidential election. Trump was impeached but not convicted in 2021 for incitement of insurrection related to the same events. (He was also impeached but not convicted of using the presidency to solicit the help of a foreign government to benefit his reelection in 2019, and he wasconvicted in state court in 2024 for falsifying business records to cover up acts that he believed might have hurt him in the 2016 election.) TheJanuary 6, 2021 violent insurrection at the Capitol,led on the front lines by militant white supremacy groups one member of which wasconvicted of sedition, attempted to prevent President-elect Joe Biden from taking office by disrupting Congress’s count of electors.
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our2024 Report Card for Rogers.
Committee Membership
Rogers sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Rogers was the primary sponsor of 34 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 5893 (118th): Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
- H.R. 5305 (116th): Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area Study Act
- H.R. 240 (116th): Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Act
- H.R. 3362 (115th): Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018
- H.J.Res. 78 (114th): Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 240 (114th): Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
- H.J.Res. 131 (113th): Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.
Does 34 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
Rogers sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Economics and Public Finance (43%)Labor and Employment (29%)Health (29%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Rogers recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 874: Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of …
- H.R. 5342: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.Res. 4: Authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker …
- H.R. 10016 (118th): Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area Act
- H.R. 9026 (118th): Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025
- H.R. 8324 (118th): To designate the United States courthouse annex located at 310 South Main …
- H.R. 6644 (118th): John White Ensuring Timely Black Lung Benefits Act
Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Rogers votedYea
Rogers votedYea
Passed 329/101 on July 14, 2022.
Rogers votedYea
Passed 258/165 on May 18, 2022.
Rogers votedYea
Failed 262/156 on May 11, 2022.
Rogers votedYea
Passed 294/130 on Nov. 30, 2021.
This bill would authorize $400 million in grants to state, local, tribal, and territorial public health departments to update their computer databases of immunization records …
Rogers votedYea
Passed 319/105 on July 20, 2021.
Rogers votedYea
Passed 307/112 on June 28, 2021.
Rogers votedYea
Passed 315/101 on May 14, 2021.
Rogers votedAye
Passed 319/108 on Sept. 17, 2014.
Rogers votedNo
Passed 254/173 on Feb. 8, 2012.
Rogers votedAye
Passed 304/117 on June 23, 2011.
The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack …
Rogers votedYea
H.R. 1575 (111th): End Government Reimbursement of Excessive Executive Disbursements (End GREED) Act
Failed 223/196 on April 1, 2009.
Missed Votes
From Jan 1981 to Nov 2025, Rogers missed 646 of 26,051 roll call votes, which is 2.5%.This ison par withthe median of 2.1%among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving.The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absences, major life events, and running for higher office.
| Time Period | Votes Eligible | Missed Votes | Percent | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Jan-Mar | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1981 Apr-Jun | 90 | 3 | 3.3% | 17th |
| 1981 Jul-Sep | 106 | 1 | 0.9% | 0th |
| 1981 Oct-Dec | 142 | 1 | 0.7% | 17th |
| 1982 Feb-Mar | 48 | 2 | 4.2% | 50th |
| 1982 Apr-Jun | 119 | 16 | 13.4% | 67th |
| 1982 Jul-Sep | 193 | 1 | 0.5% | 17th |
| 1982 Oct-Dec | 99 | 4 | 4.0% | 50th |
| 1983 Jan-Mar | 43 | 3 | 7.0% | 62nd |
| 1983 Apr-Jun | 182 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1983 Jul-Sep | 130 | 5 | 3.8% | 75th |
| 1983 Oct-Nov | 143 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1984 Jan-Mar | 53 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1984 Apr-Jun | 223 | 20 | 9.0% | 62nd |
| 1984 Jul-Sep | 96 | 2 | 2.1% | 38th |
| 1984 Oct-Oct | 36 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1985 Jan-Mar | 36 | 1 | 2.8% | 25th |
| 1985 Apr-Jun | 154 | 5 | 3.2% | 38th |
| 1985 Jul-Sep | 101 | 1 | 1.0% | 12th |
| 1985 Oct-Dec | 148 | 8 | 5.4% | 62nd |
| 1986 Jan-Mar | 61 | 1 | 1.6% | 25th |
| 1986 Apr-Jun | 128 | 1 | 0.8% | 12th |
| 1986 Jul-Sep | 202 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1986 Oct-Oct | 60 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1987 Jan-Mar | 39 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1987 Apr-Jun | 187 | 10 | 5.3% | 70th |
| 1987 Jul-Sep | 95 | 8 | 8.4% | 80th |
| 1987 Oct-Dec | 167 | 5 | 3.0% | 20th |
| 1988 Feb-Mar | 49 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1988 Apr-Jun | 161 | 2 | 1.2% | 0th |
| 1988 Jul-Sep | 152 | 6 | 3.9% | 80th |
| 1988 Oct-Oct | 89 | 1 | 1.1% | 50th |
| 1989 Jan-Mar | 14 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1989 Apr-Jun | 105 | 2 | 1.9% | 33rd |
| 1989 Jul-Sep | 128 | 2 | 1.6% | 33rd |
| 1989 Oct-Nov | 121 | 1 | 0.8% | 8th |
| 1990 Jan-Mar | 60 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1990 Apr-Jun | 150 | 4 | 2.7% | 33rd |
| 1990 Jul-Sep | 183 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1990 Oct-Oct | 143 | 1 | 0.7% | 17th |
| 1991 Jan-Mar | 62 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1991 Apr-Jun | 139 | 12 | 8.6% | 94th |
| 1991 Jul-Sep | 81 | 1 | 1.2% | 6th |
| 1991 Oct-Nov | 162 | 2 | 1.2% | 25th |
| 1992 Jan-Mar | 66 | 1 | 1.5% | 38th |
| 1992 Apr-Jun | 185 | 8 | 4.3% | 56th |
| 1992 Jul-Sep | 196 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1992 Oct-Oct | 41 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1993 Jan-Mar | 127 | 4 | 3.1% | 62nd |
| 1993 Apr-Jun | 190 | 2 | 1.1% | 15th |
| 1993 Jul-Sep | 164 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1993 Oct-Nov | 134 | 2 | 1.5% | 52nd |
| 1994 Jan-Mar | 95 | 1 | 1.1% | 7th |
| 1994 Apr-Jun | 219 | 9 | 4.1% | 71st |
| 1994 Jul-Sep | 142 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1994 Oct-Nov | 51 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1995 Jan-Mar | 279 | 7 | 2.5% | 60th |
| 1995 Apr-Jun | 189 | 31 | 16.4% | 93rd |
| 1995 Jul-Sep | 232 | 3 | 1.3% | 40th |
| 1995 Oct-Dec | 185 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1996 Jan-Mar | 110 | 1 | 0.9% | 20th |
| 1996 Apr-Jun | 182 | 2 | 1.1% | 29th |
| 1996 Jul-Sep | 163 | 5 | 3.1% | 54th |
| 1997 Jan-Mar | 71 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1997 Apr-Jun | 174 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1997 Jul-Sep | 232 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1997 Oct-Nov | 163 | 1 | 0.6% | 24th |
| 1998 Jan-Mar | 89 | 4 | 4.5% | 74th |
| 1998 Apr-Jun | 185 | 1 | 0.5% | 17th |
| 1998 Jul-Sep | 199 | 5 | 2.5% | 57th |
| 1998 Oct-Dec | 74 | 4 | 5.4% | 71st |
| 1999 Jan-Mar | 77 | 3 | 3.9% | 58th |
| 1999 Apr-Jun | 184 | 6 | 3.3% | 61st |
| 1999 Jul-Sep | 204 | 3 | 1.5% | 37th |
| 1999 Oct-Nov | 146 | 4 | 2.7% | 61st |
| 2000 Jan-Mar | 95 | 3 | 3.2% | 37th |
| 2000 Apr-Jun | 277 | 4 | 1.4% | 39th |
| 2000 Jul-Sep | 130 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2000 Oct-Dec | 101 | 3 | 3.0% | 37th |
| 2001 Jan-Mar | 75 | 3 | 4.0% | 68th |
| 2001 Apr-Jun | 135 | 6 | 4.4% | 82nd |
| 2001 Jul-Sep | 149 | 1 | 0.7% | 32nd |
| 2001 Oct-Dec | 153 | 6 | 3.9% | 64th |
| 2002 Jan-Mar | 79 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2002 Apr-Jun | 203 | 6 | 3.0% | 57th |
| 2002 Jul-Sep | 141 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2002 Oct-Nov | 61 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2003 Jan-Mar | 94 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2003 Apr-Jun | 239 | 6 | 2.5% | 59th |
| 2003 Jul-Sep | 193 | 4 | 2.1% | 62nd |
| 2003 Oct-Dec | 151 | 5 | 3.3% | 54th |
| 2004 Jan-Mar | 104 | 6 | 5.8% | 64th |
| 2004 Apr-Jun | 221 | 3 | 1.4% | 38th |
| 2004 Jul-Sep | 161 | 10 | 6.2% | 80th |
| 2004 Oct-Dec | 58 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2005 Jan-Mar | 90 | 1 | 1.1% | 15th |
| 2005 Apr-Jun | 272 | 2 | 0.7% | 20th |
| 2005 Jul-Sep | 146 | 1 | 0.7% | 26th |
| 2005 Oct-Dec | 163 | 3 | 1.8% | 43rd |
| 2006 Jan-Mar | 81 | 1 | 1.2% | 37th |
| 2006 Apr-Jun | 276 | 2 | 0.7% | 17th |
| 2006 Jul-Sep | 159 | 3 | 1.9% | 52nd |
| 2006 Nov-Dec | 27 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2007 Jan-Mar | 213 | 2 | 0.9% | 44th |
| 2007 Apr-Jun | 393 | 1 | 0.3% | 8th |
| 2007 Jul-Sep | 317 | 10 | 3.2% | 76th |
| 2007 Oct-Dec | 263 | 19 | 7.2% | 89th |
| 2008 Jan-Mar | 149 | 7 | 4.7% | 62nd |
| 2008 Apr-Jun | 321 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2008 Jul-Sep | 205 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2008 Oct-Dec | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2009 Jan-Mar | 174 | 6 | 3.4% | 73rd |
| 2009 Apr-Jun | 303 | 5 | 1.7% | 48th |
| 2009 Jul-Sep | 268 | 9 | 3.4% | 73rd |
| 2009 Oct-Dec | 246 | 2 | 0.8% | 22nd |
| 2010 Jan-Mar | 195 | 8 | 4.1% | 66th |
| 2010 Apr-Jun | 219 | 3 | 1.4% | 26th |
| 2010 Jul-Sep | 151 | 3 | 2.0% | 55th |
| 2010 Nov-Dec | 99 | 2 | 2.0% | 37th |
| 2011 Jan-Mar | 212 | 3 | 1.4% | 51st |
| 2011 Apr-Jun | 281 | 2 | 0.7% | 34th |
| 2011 Jul-Sep | 247 | 1 | 0.4% | 19th |
| 2011 Oct-Dec | 208 | 2 | 1.0% | 36th |
| 2012 Jan-Mar | 151 | 1 | 0.7% | 24th |
| 2012 Apr-Jun | 299 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2012 Jul-Sep | 152 | 6 | 3.9% | 80th |
| 2012 Nov-Dec | 51 | 1 | 2.0% | 36th |
| 2013 Jan-Jan 112th Congress | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2013 Jan-Mar | 89 | 1 | 1.1% | 39th |
| 2013 Apr-Jun | 215 | 21 | 9.8% | 92nd |
| 2013 Jul-Sep | 200 | 3 | 1.5% | 50th |
| 2013 Oct-Dec | 137 | 3 | 2.2% | 59th |
| 2014 Jan-Mar | 148 | 1 | 0.7% | 21st |
| 2014 Apr-Jun | 219 | 8 | 3.7% | 72nd |
| 2014 Jul-Sep | 147 | 2 | 1.4% | 47th |
| 2014 Nov-Dec | 49 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2015 Jan-Mar | 144 | 1 | 0.7% | 26th |
| 2015 Apr-Jun | 244 | 2 | 0.8% | 41st |
| 2015 Jul-Sep | 139 | 1 | 0.7% | 31st |
| 2015 Oct-Dec | 177 | 2 | 1.1% | 55th |
| 2016 Jan-Mar | 137 | 5 | 3.6% | 55th |
| 2016 Apr-Jun | 204 | 3 | 1.5% | 38th |
| 2016 Jul-Sep | 232 | 1 | 0.4% | 22nd |
| 2016 Nov-Dec | 48 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2017 Jan-Mar | 208 | 2 | 1.0% | 39th |
| 2017 Apr-Jun | 136 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2017 Jul-Sep | 199 | 1 | 0.5% | 39th |
| 2017 Oct-Dec | 167 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2018 Jan-Mar | 129 | 12 | 9.3% | 90th |
| 2018 Apr-Jun | 184 | 67 | 36.4% | 100th |
| 2018 Jul-Sep | 102 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2018 Nov-Dec | 85 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2019 Jan-Mar | 136 | 1 | 0.7% | 33rd |
| 2019 Apr-Jun | 294 | 4 | 1.4% | 59th |
| 2019 Jul-Sep | 125 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2019 Oct-Dec | 146 | 1 | 0.7% | 31st |
| 2020 Jan-Mar | 102 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2020 Apr-Jun | 31 | 2 | 6.5% | 86th |
| 2020 Jul-Sep | 80 | 4 | 5.0% | 77th |
| 2020 Oct-Dec | 40 | 10 | 25.0% | 92nd |
| 2021 Jan-Mar | 97 | 2 | 2.1% | 67th |
| 2021 Apr-Jun | 107 | 3 | 2.8% | 80th |
| 2021 Jul-Sep | 108 | 1 | 0.9% | 37th |
| 2021 Oct-Dec | 137 | 1 | 0.7% | 36th |
| 2022 Jan-Mar | 102 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2022 Apr-Jun | 197 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2022 Jul-Sep | 178 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2022 Nov-Dec | 72 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2023 Jan-Mar | 182 | 1 | 0.5% | 40th |
| 2023 Apr-Jun | 107 | 1 | 0.9% | 38th |
| 2023 Jul-Sep | 224 | 2 | 0.9% | 49th |
| 2023 Oct-Dec | 211 | 2 | 0.9% | 37th |
| 2024 Jan-Mar | 104 | 44 | 42.3% | 99th |
| 2024 Apr-Jun | 231 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2024 Jul-Sep | 120 | 3 | 2.5% | 51st |
| 2024 Nov-Dec | 62 | 14 | 22.6% | 94th |
| 2025 Jan-Mar | 85 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 2025 Apr-Jun | 100 | 2 | 2.0% | 49th |
| 2025 Jul-Sep | 97 | 1 | 1.0% | 44th |
| 2025 Nov-Nov | 23 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
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
- TheHouse andSenate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
