RepublicanJosh Hawley
U.S. Senator · Missouri
U.S. Senator from Missouri
17 tracked promises, 9 rated
Missouri
Represents Missouri statewide
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).
- Josh Hawley · Republican55.6%1,651,907
- Lucas Kunce · Democrat41.8%1,243,728
- 4 Other Candidates2.6%76,924
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.
Showing 2020. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
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.
Bills sponsored over time
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.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$66K19%
- Large individual (itemized)$247K73%
- PAC / committee$28K8%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Employment and Workplace SafetyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Primary Health and Retirement SecurityOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Permanent Subcommittee on InvestigationsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and CensusOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, Senate Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer RightsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Crime and CounterterrorismOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Privacy, Technology, and the LawOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — the ConstitutionOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
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 promisesThe line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.
| Date | Integrity Score |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 100 |
| Jul 2026 | 89 |
| Jul 2026 | 71 |
| Jul 2026 | 72 |
| Jul 2026 | 69 |
| Jul 2026 | 70 |
| Jul 2026 | 70 |
| Jul 2026 | 66 |
| Jul 2026 | 67 |
| Jan 2031 | 67 (current, held from last rating) |
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept9
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
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.
Topic coverage
17 promises across 17 topicsWhat 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
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).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
17 tracked promises
“Deliver federal compensation to St. Louis-area victims of Manhattan Project radioactive waste by passing an expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA).”
“Push tougher border enforcement and oppose immigration deals that don't go far enough to curb illegal immigration; back a border wall.”
“Ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks (the PELOSI Act).”
“Deliver working-class tax relief, including ending federal taxes on overtime pay.”
“Take on Big Pharma and cap the price of insulin so families pay less out of pocket.”
“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.”
“Roll back restrictions on American energy production to increase U.S. oil and gas output.”
“Cap credit-card interest rates to provide relief to working families.”
“Pass the MATURE Act to set a minimum age of 16 for social media accounts and require platforms to verify users' age.”
“Introduce a bill to permanently stop future Medicaid reductions and fully fund rural hospitals.”
“Continue working to reverse the future Medicaid cuts contained in the 2025 reconciliation law so they do not take effect.”
“Pass the PELOSI Act to prohibit members of Congress and their spouses from holding or trading individual stocks.”
“Pass legislation, introduced with Senator Bernie Sanders, to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent for five years.”
“Introduce the Keep SNAP Funded Act to reinstate and fully fund SNAP food-stamp benefits and farm programs during the government shutdown.”
“Pass the American Worker Rebate Act to send tariff-revenue rebate checks of at least $600 per adult and dependent child to working families.”
“Pass the No Tax on Overtime Act to exclude overtime pay from federal income tax.”
“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.”
Verified record
205 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $1,518,951, spent $917,520, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored S 4927: Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act ↗Jun 24, 2026
- Sponsored S 4485: Gas Tax Suspension Act ↗May 11, 2026
- Sponsored S 4366: Know Your Labor Rights Act ↗Apr 21, 2026
- Sponsored S 4343: No Pensions for Congressional Predators Act ↗Apr 17, 2026
- Sponsored S 4066: Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act ↗Mar 11, 2026
- Sponsored SRES 630: A resolution honoring the lives of fallen Missouri police officers and expressing condolences to their families. ↗Mar 10, 2026
- Sponsored S 3937: Homes for American Families Act ↗Feb 26, 2026
- Sponsored S 3852: GRID Act ↗Feb 11, 2026
- Sponsored S 3643: Special Inspector General for Program Fraud Act ↗Jan 14, 2026
- Sponsored S 3490: National Historical Park and National Historic Landmark Establishment and Boundary Adjustments Act of 2025 ↗Dec 16, 2025
- Sponsored S 3310: Afghanistan Vetting and Accountability Act of 2025 ↗Dec 2, 2025
- Sponsored S 3108: AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity Act ↗Nov 5, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 205 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 890
- Yea
- 637
- Nay
- 216
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 37
Full voting record
890 votes- S5271Yea
- PN1078Yea
- PN1078Yea
- HR6500Yea
- HR6500Nay
- HR6500Yea
- PN73011Yea
- HR5334Yea
- HR5334Nay
- SJRES187Nay
- PN73011Yea
- PN932Yea
- PN932Yea
- HR6500Yea
- SRES817Yea
- SJRES181Nay
- SJRES199Nay
- SRES817Yea
- HR5334Yea
- HR5334Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
19 positions on recordThe 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)· archivedView 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)· archivedView 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)· archivedView 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)· archivedView 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)· archivedView 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)· archivedView 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)· archivedView 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)· archivedView 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)· archivedView 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)· archivedView 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 NewsHourView 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)· archivedView 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)· archivedView 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)· archivedView 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)· archivedView position & sources →
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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