Rep. Steny Hoyer

Representative for Maryland’s 5^th District

pronounced STEH-nee // HOY-er

Hoyer is the representative for Maryland’s 5^th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 5, 1981. Hoyer is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 84 years old.

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Earmarks

Hoyer proposed $31 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:

$6 million to Prince George’s County Government, Maryland for “Brandywine Rd. Bridge Replacement”
$5 million to Anne Arundel County, Maryland for “MD 214 Construction”
$4 million to End Hunger in Calvert County for “End Hunger Warehouse Completion”

View all requests and justifications on Hoyer’s website »

View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »

These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.

Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Hoyer is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives 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 Hoyer has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to May 6, 2024. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Steny Hoyer sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Appropriations
- Financial Services and General Government subcommittee Ranking Member
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Hoyer was the primary sponsor of 38 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 38 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Hoyer sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (38%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (38%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (25%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Hoyer recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Hoyer voted Yea

H.Res. 1160: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8034) making emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to the situation in …

Passed 316/94 on Apr 19, 2024.

Hoyer voted Nay

H.R. 1147: Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023

Passed 330/99 on Dec 13, 2023.

Hoyer voted Yea

H.Res. 456: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3746) to provide for a responsible increase to the debt ceiling.

Passed 241/187 on May 31, 2023.

Hoyer voted Nay

H.Con.Res. 9: Denouncing the horrors of socialism.

Passed 328/86 on Feb 2, 2023.

Hoyer voted Yea

H.R. 7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Passed 329/101 on Jul 14, 2022.

Hoyer voted No

S. 2372: Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction Act

Passed 347/70 on May 16, 2018.

The House Amendment to S. 2372 strengthens and improves the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system for the benefit of the nation’s veterans. The …

Hoyer voted Aye

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Hoyer voted Nay

H.R. 1765 (113th): Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013

Passed 361/41 on Apr 26, 2013.

Hoyer voted Nay

H.R. 3630 (112th): Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

Passed 293/132 on Feb 17, 2012.

Hoyer voted Aye

H.R. 3078 (112th): United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act

Passed 262/167 on Oct 12, 2011.

Hoyer voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 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 …

Hoyer voted Nay

H.R. 3631 (111th): Medicare Premium Fairness Act

Passed 406/18 on Sep 24, 2009.

Missed Votes

From Jun 1981 to May 2024, Hoyer missed 711 of 25,349 roll call votes, which is 2.8%. This is worse than the median of 2.0% 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 absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1981 Apr-Jun	52	2	3.8%	33^rd
1981 Jul-Sep	106	4	3.8%	50^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	5	3.5%	50^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	3	6.2%	83^rd
1982 Apr-Jun	119	5	4.2%	50^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	10	5.2%	50^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	2	2.0%	33^rd
1983 Jan-Mar	43	1	2.3%	22^nd
1983 Apr-Jun	182	7	3.8%	56^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	3	2.3%	56^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	2	1.4%	22^nd
1984 Jan-Mar	53	1	1.9%	33^rd
1984 Apr-Jun	223	6	2.7%	33^rd
1984 Jul-Sep	96	5	5.2%	67^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	44^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	3	1.9%	22^nd
1985 Jul-Sep	101	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	4	2.7%	56^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	3	4.9%	56^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	3	2.3%	56^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	2	1.0%	44^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	1	1.7%	33^rd
1987 Jan-Mar	39	2	5.1%	73^rd
1987 Apr-Jun	187	7	3.7%	42^nd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	1	1.1%	17^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	6	3.6%	25^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	3	1.9%	50^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	8^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	1	1.0%	14^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	8	6.2%	93^rd
1989 Oct-Nov	121	3	2.5%	29^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	2	3.3%	57^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	1	0.7%	14^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	7	3.8%	64^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	1	0.7%	14^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	2	1.4%	39^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	2	2.5%	44^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	4	2.5%	56^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	6	9.1%	78^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	11^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	7	3.6%	61^st
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	2	1.6%	34^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	4	2.1%	33^rd
1993 Jul-Sep	164	2	1.2%	57^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	3	2.2%	57^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	5	5.3%	80^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	6	2.7%	58^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	4	2.8%	45^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	58^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	7	2.5%	68^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	10	5.3%	71^st
1995 Jul-Sep	232	6	2.6%	56^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	3	1.6%	44^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	2	1.8%	32^nd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	2	1.1%	27^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	49^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	10	4.3%	77^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	3	1.8%	56^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	61^st
1998 Apr-Jun	185	1	0.5%	16^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	18^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	1	1.4%	42^nd
1999 Jan-Mar	73	2	2.7%	59^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	2	1.1%	22^nd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	6	2.9%	80^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	3	2.1%	47^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	20^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	3	1.1%	37^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	3	2.3%	61^st
2000 Oct-Dec	101	8	7.9%	55^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	44^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	2	1.5%	33^rd
2001 Jul-Sep	149	4	2.7%	65^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	3	2.0%	44^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	2	2.5%	53^rd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	9	4.4%	75^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	5	3.5%	65^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	1	1.1%	40^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	4	2.1%	60^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	4	2.6%	40^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	6	5.8%	66^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	2	0.9%	24^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	2	1.2%	21^st
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	12^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	4	1.5%	40^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	51^st
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	4	1.4%	35^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	6	3.8%	77^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	4	1.9%	57^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	3	0.8%	26^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	6	1.9%	55^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	2	0.8%	17^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	1	0.7%	9^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	3	0.9%	19^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	2	1.0%	31^st
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	8	4.6%	84^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	11	3.6%	76^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	7	2.6%	64^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	13	5.3%	80^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	1	0.5%	13^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	4	1.8%	34^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	4	4.0%	57^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	4	1.9%	64^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	9	3.2%	81^st
2011 Jul-Sep	247	29	11.7%	95^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	9	4.3%	73^rd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	2	1.3%	48^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	6	2.0%	58^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	2	1.3%	45^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	35^th
2013 Jan-Jan 112th Congress	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	55^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	8	3.7%	74^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	22	11.0%	94^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	9	6.6%	84^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	2	1.4%	40^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	70^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	4	2.7%	68^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	6	4.2%	71^st
2015 Apr-Jun	244	9	3.7%	81^st
2015 Jul-Sep	139	3	2.2%	66^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	2	1.1%	55^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	18	13.1%	87^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	12	5.9%	80^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	55^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	5	2.4%	68^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	7	5.1%	84^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	4	2.0%	76^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	5	3.0%	67^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	4	3.1%	59^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	11	6.0%	81^st
2018 Jul-Sep	102	24	23.5%	98^th
2018 Nov-Dec	85	1	1.2%	36^th
2019 Jan-Mar	136	2	1.5%	52^nd
2019 Apr-Jun	294	12	4.1%	83^rd
2019 Jul-Sep	125	1	0.8%	55^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jan-Mar	102	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jul-Sep	80	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Oct-Dec	40	0	0.0%	0^th
2021 Jan-Mar	97	5	5.2%	90^th
2021 Apr-Jun	107	0	0.0%	0^th
2021 Jul-Sep	108	1	0.9%	37^th
2021 Oct-Dec	137	1	0.7%	34^th
2022 Jan-Mar	102	0	0.0%	0^th
2022 Apr-Jun	197	16	8.1%	95^th
2022 Jul-Sep	178	1	0.6%	41^st
2022 Nov-Dec	72	1	1.4%	47^th
2023 Jan-Mar	182	38	20.9%	97^th
2023 Apr-Jun	107	9	8.4%	89^th
2023 Jul-Sep	224	4	1.8%	72^nd
2023 Oct-Dec	211	8	3.8%	75^th
2024 Jan-Mar	104	2	1.9%	48^th
2024 Apr-May	73	1	1.4%	54^th

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
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

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Earmarks

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recently Introduced Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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