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Josh Hawley

RepublicanJosh Hawley

U.S. Senator · Missouri

RepublicanFederal

U.S. Senator from Missouri

17 tracked promises, 9 rated

Missouri

Missouri

Represents Missouri statewide

84/100
Trust rating
Strongly keeps promises
84
0 · Broken50 · Mixed100 · Kept
A transparent rescale of the Integrity Score (+67) to 0–100, aggregated from 9 rated promises. Never an opaque single score.
How this is calculated →

How they won their seat

Josh Hawley won the 2024 U.S. Senate election in Missouri with 55.6% of the vote (1,651,907 votes).

55.6%
Win share
1,651,907
Votes for winner
2,972,559
Total cast
  • Josh Hawley · Republican55.6%
  • Lucas Kunce · Democrat41.8%
  • 4 Other Candidates2.6%

Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.

Inferred legislative agendas

Josh Hawley's record shows a concentration on healthcare, rural support, and consumer finance, as evidenced by sponsored bills such as the Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act and the Keep SNAP Funded Act. Additionally, he has sponsored legislation related to immigration enforcement and government ethics, as seen in the PELOSI Act to prohibit stock trading by Congress members and his support for tougher border policies. Focus areas (from the record): Healthcare · Rural Support · Consumer Finance · Immigration · Government Ethics Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. Hawley's sponsored bills align with his declared positions on healthcare and rural hospitals, such as the Keep SNAP Funded Act and the Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills or their impact on constituents; There is no information on the outcomes of his committee work or how it aligns with his legislative priorities; The absence of statements limits understanding of his public communication strategy or rationale behind specific legislative choices. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Josh Hawley has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.

Activity in office

What Josh Hawley has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.

Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.

Monthly voting activity

  • Yea
  • Nay
  • Total
017345168VotesSep '25: 29 YeaSep '25: 7 NaySep '25Oct '25: 47 YeaOct '25: 14 NayOct '25Nov '25: 17 YeaNov '25: 4 NayNov '25Dec '25: 32 YeaDec '25: 2 NayDec '25Jan '26: 13 YeaJan '26: 7 NayJan '26Feb '26: 22 YeaFeb '26: 1 NayFeb '26Mar '26: 24 YeaMar '26: 6 NayMar '26Apr '26: 20 YeaApr '26: 17 NayApr '26May '26: 13 YeaMay '26: 4 NayMay '26Jun '26: 29 YeaJun '26: 30 NayJun '26Jul '26: 21 YeaJul '26: 4 NayJul '26Aug '26: 11 YeaAug '26: 3 NayAug '26Sep '25: 36 totalOct '25: 66 totalNov '25: 22 totalDec '25: 36 totalJan '26: 20 totalFeb '26: 23 totalMar '26: 31 totalApr '26: 39 totalMay '26: 17 totalJun '26: 62 totalJul '26: 25 totalAug '26: 14 total
Measures voted on:615 passed259 failed16 procedural/other

Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.

Vote attendance

95.8%
attendance
853 of 890 roll calls37 missed
Monthly participation rate
0255075100100%Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Aug 26

Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.

Bills sponsored over time

205bills sponsored
1 became law5 passed a chamber96 pending103 awaiting status
013253850Bills2019: 23 awaiting status2320192020: 29 awaiting status2920202021: 34 awaiting status3420212022: 17 awaiting status1720222023: 1 became law, 3 passed a chamber, 33 pending2023: 1 became law, 3 passed a chamber, 33 pending2023: 1 became law, 3 passed a chamber, 33 pending3720232024: 1 passed a chamber, 15 pending2024: 1 passed a chamber, 15 pending1620242025: 1 passed a chamber, 39 pending2025: 1 passed a chamber, 39 pending4020252026: 9 pending92026

Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.

Independence

5%
Votes against own party
39 of 853 recent votes

How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.

Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.

Bill success rate

0.98%
1 of 102 sponsored bills became law
1 became law5 passed a chamber96 pending

Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$27.0M
Raised, 20222026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$5M$10M$15M$20M2022: raised $11.5M2022: spent $8.9M20222024: raised $13.8M2024: spent $17.5M20242026: raised $1.7M2026: spent $1.1M20262022: cash on hand $02024: cash on hand $02026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $66K (19%)19%Large individual (itemized): $247K (73%)73%PAC / committee: $28K (8%)8%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$66K19%
  • Large individual (itemized)$247K73%
  • PAC / committee$28K8%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Integrity

Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown

+67 · based on 9 rated promises

  • Attempted 2
  • Partial 1
  • Championed 5
  • Fully Kept 1

Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.

Integrity over time

In office since Jan 2019 · 9 rated promises

The line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.

−100 worked against0+100 kept
Integrity Score by assessment date. Score ranges from −100 (worked against) to +100 (kept).
DateIntegrity Score
Jul 2026100
Jul 202689
Jul 202671
Jul 202672
Jul 202669
Jul 202670
Jul 202670
Jul 202666
Jul 202667
Jan 203167 (current, held from last rating)

Promise status over time

How the tracked promise record has evolved.

9 tracked
  • Kept9
  • Against0
  • No opportunity0
  • In progress0
0510Jul 2026Jul 2026Jul 2026

Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.

Not yet scoredNot yet rated 8— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

Topic coverage

17 promises across 17 topics

What this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.

  • Big Tech / Children's online safety1
  • Consumer finance / Credit cards1
  • Economy, Consumer Finance & Inflation1
  • Economy, Taxes & Inflation1
  • Energy & Environment1
  • Food assistance / SNAP1
  • Government ethics / Congressional stock trading1
  • Government Ethics & Reform1
  • Government oversight / Foreign aid1
  • Health & Nuclear Waste Compensation1
  • Healthcare / Medicaid1
  • Healthcare / Rural hospitals1
  • Healthcare & Prescription Drugs1
  • Immigration & Border Security1
  • Taxes / Families1
  • Taxes / Tariff rebates1
  • Taxes / Workers1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)1588%
  • Reputable news212%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

10
20
38
48
51

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

17 tracked promises

Fully Kepthigh confidence

Deliver federal compensation to St. Louis-area victims of Manhattan Project radioactive waste by passing an expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA).

Health & Nuclear Waste CompensationSpecific · measurablePromised Oct 2024
SourcesMissourinetKCUR / NPROffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archived
Championedhigh confidence

Push tougher border enforcement and oppose immigration deals that don't go far enough to curb illegal immigration; back a border wall.

Immigration & Border SecuritySpecific · measurablePromised Oct 2024
SourcesThe Beacon (Kansas City / Missouri)NPRPBS NewsHour
Championedhigh confidence

Ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks (the PELOSI Act).

Government Ethics & ReformSpecific · measurablePromised Jul 2024
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archivedCBS NewsOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archived
Championedhigh confidence

Deliver working-class tax relief, including ending federal taxes on overtime pay.

Economy, Taxes & InflationSpecific · measurablePromised Jul 2024
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archivedPBS NewsHourOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archived
Attemptedhigh confidence

Take on Big Pharma and cap the price of insulin so families pay less out of pocket.

Healthcare & Prescription DrugsSpecific · measurablePromised Jul 2024
SourcesThe Beacon (Kansas City / Missouri)Office of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archivedGovTrackOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archived
Championedmedium confidence

Push to expand the Child Tax Credit to $5,000 per child, applied to payroll taxes and paid in installments, in the next tax bill.

Taxes / FamiliesPromised Dec 2024
SourcesWashington ExaminerOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archivedWikipedia (One Big Beautiful Bill Act)
Partialmedium confidence

Roll back restrictions on American energy production to increase U.S. oil and gas output.

Energy & EnvironmentPromised Oct 2024
SourcesThe Beacon (Kansas City / Missouri)St. Louis Public Radio (STLPR)Bipartisan Policy Center
Championedhigh confidence

Cap credit-card interest rates to provide relief to working families.

Economy, Consumer Finance & InflationPromised Jul 2024
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archivedConsumer Finance Monitor (Ballard Spahr)Office of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archived
Attemptedhigh confidence

Pass the MATURE Act to set a minimum age of 16 for social media accounts and require platforms to verify users' age.

Big Tech / Children's online safetyPromised Feb 2023
SourcesGovInfo BILLSTATUS record — S.419 (118th Congress), MATURE Act· archivedThe HillOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archivedCongress.gov (Library of Congress) — S.419, 118th Congress: MATURE Act· archived
Not yet rated

Introduce a bill to permanently stop future Medicaid reductions and fully fund rural hospitals.

Healthcare / Rural hospitalsSpecific · measurablePromised Jul 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Continue working to reverse the future Medicaid cuts contained in the 2025 reconciliation law so they do not take effect.

Healthcare / MedicaidSpecific · measurablePromised Jul 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Pass the PELOSI Act to prohibit members of Congress and their spouses from holding or trading individual stocks.

Government ethics / Congressional stock tradingSpecific · measurablePromised Apr 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Pass legislation, introduced with Senator Bernie Sanders, to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent for five years.

Consumer finance / Credit cardsSpecific · measurablePromised Feb 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Introduce the Keep SNAP Funded Act to reinstate and fully fund SNAP food-stamp benefits and farm programs during the government shutdown.

Food assistance / SNAPPromised Oct 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Pass the American Worker Rebate Act to send tariff-revenue rebate checks of at least $600 per adult and dependent child to working families.

Taxes / Tariff rebatesPromised Jul 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Pass the No Tax on Overtime Act to exclude overtime pay from federal income tax.

Taxes / WorkersPromised Mar 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Reintroduce and push to pass the Inspector General for Ukraine Act, creating an independent watchdog to audit every U.S. dollar spent on Ukraine aid and report back to Congress and the public.

Government oversight / Foreign aidPromised Feb 2025
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived

Voting record

Total votes
890
Yea
637
Nay
216
Present
0
Not voting
37

Full voting record

890 votes
  • PN1078Yea
  • PN1078Yea
  • PN73011Yea
  • PN73011Yea
  • PN932Yea
  • PN932Yea
120 of 890
Page 1 / 45

Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Positions on record

19 positions on record

The record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.

  • Food assistance / SNAPStated position

    Introduce the Keep SNAP Funded Act to reinstate and fully fund SNAP food-stamp benefits and farm programs during the government shutdown.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Taxes / Tariff rebatesStated position

    Pass the American Worker Rebate Act to send tariff-revenue rebate checks of at least $600 per adult and dependent child to working families.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Healthcare / Rural hospitalsStated position

    Introduce a bill to permanently stop future Medicaid reductions and fully fund rural hospitals.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Healthcare / MedicaidStated position

    Continue working to reverse the future Medicaid cuts contained in the 2025 reconciliation law so they do not take effect.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Government ethics / Congressional stock tradingStated position

    Pass the PELOSI Act to prohibit members of Congress and their spouses from holding or trading individual stocks.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Taxes / WorkersStated position

    Pass the No Tax on Overtime Act to exclude overtime pay from federal income tax.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Government oversight / Foreign aidStated position

    Reintroduce and push to pass the Inspector General for Ukraine Act, creating an independent watchdog to audit every U.S. dollar spent on Ukraine aid and report back to Congress and the public.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Consumer finance / Credit cardsStated position

    Pass legislation, introduced with Senator Bernie Sanders, to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent for five years.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Taxes / FamiliesStated position

    Push to expand the Child Tax Credit to $5,000 per child, applied to payroll taxes and paid in installments, in the next tax bill.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Health & Nuclear Waste CompensationStated position

    Deliver federal compensation to St. Louis-area victims of Manhattan Project radioactive waste by passing an expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA).

    SourcesKCUR / NPRMissourinetOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Energy & EnvironmentStated position

    Roll back restrictions on American energy production to increase U.S. oil and gas output.

    SourcesThe Beacon (Kansas City / Missouri)Bipartisan Policy CenterSt. Louis Public Radio (STLPR)
    View position & sources
  • Immigration & Border SecurityStated position

    Push tougher border enforcement and oppose immigration deals that don't go far enough to curb illegal immigration; back a border wall.

    SourcesThe Beacon (Kansas City / Missouri)NPRPBS NewsHour
    View position & sources
  • Government Ethics & ReformStated position

    Ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks (the PELOSI Act).

    SourcesCBS NewsOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Economy, Taxes & InflationStated position

    Deliver working-class tax relief, including ending federal taxes on overtime pay.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archivedPBS NewsHourOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Economy, Consumer Finance & InflationStated position

    Cap credit-card interest rates to provide relief to working families.

    SourcesConsumer Finance Monitor (Ballard Spahr)Office of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Healthcare & Prescription DrugsStated position

    Take on Big Pharma and cap the price of insulin so families pay less out of pocket.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archivedGovTrackOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (senate.gov)· archivedThe Beacon (Kansas City / Missouri)
    View position & sources
  • Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote

    On record voting YEA on Durbin Amendment No. 1841, as modified, to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to prohibit warrantless access to the communications and other information of United States persons. The amendment was rejected 42 to 50.

    SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 148, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Durbin Amdt. No. 1841 as Modified to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 42 yeas to 50 nays, April 19, 2024.
    View position & sources
  • Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote

    On record voting YEA on Paul Amendment No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment whose stated purpose was to append the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act to the bill. The amendment was rejected 31 to 61, a three-fifths majority being required.

    SourcesSenate Roll Call Vote 144, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On the Amendment, Paul Amdt. No. 1829 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Amendment Rejected, 31 yeas to 61 nays with a three-fifths majority required, April 19, 2024.
    View position & sources
  • Big Tech / Children's online safetyStated position

    Pass the MATURE Act to set a minimum age of 16 for social media accounts and require platforms to verify users' age.

    SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (hawley.senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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