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 includes bills related to healthcare, rural support, and consumer finance, as evidenced by his sponsorship of bills such as the Keep SNAP Funded Act, Protect Medicaid and Rural Hospitals Act, and the American Worker Rebate Act. Additionally, he has supported legislation related to immigration and border security, as seen in his support for tougher border enforcement and the Rural Hospital Emergency Room Guarantee Act. Focus areas (from the record): Healthcare · Rural Support · Consumer Finance · Immigration · Government Ethics Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. Hawley's sponsored bills reflect attention to healthcare and rural issues. However, the alignment with declared positions on funding SNAP and rural hospitals is not explicitly supported by specific evidence. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of his sponsored bills; There is no information on his unlogged work or informal efforts; The absence of statements limits understanding of his public communication strategies. 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 2022. 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.
- Bills sponsored
- 17
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 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)$62K19%
- Large individual (itemized)$235K74%
- PAC / committee$21K6%
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 promisesEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
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).”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
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
- 858
- Yea
- 611
- Nay
- 210
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 37
Full voting record
858 votes- SJRES198Nay
- PN8518Yea
- PN9304Yea
- PN9304Yea
- S4784Yea
- PN9382Yea
- PN9303Yea
- SJRES185Nay
- PN9382Yea
- SJRES196Nay
- PN9303Yea
- PN9302Yea
- PN9302Yea
- PN9307Yea
- PN9307Yea
- HCONRES86Nay
- PN8593Yea
- HR6644Yea
- PN73033Yea
- HR6644Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
17 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never 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.
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-legislation-to-fund-food-stamps-and-farm-programs-during-government-shutdown/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.
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-legislation-to-send-rebate-checks-to-working-americans/View position & sources → - Healthcare / Rural hospitalsStated position
Introduce a bill to permanently stop future Medicaid reductions and fully fund rural hospitals.
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-legislation-to-prevent-future-medicaid-cuts-invest-in-rural-hospitals/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.
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-passes-reca-secures-new-medicaid-funding-in-senate-reconciliation-bill/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.
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-reintroduces-pelosi-act-to-ban-congress-from-trading-stocks/View position & sources → - Taxes / WorkersStated position
Pass the No Tax on Overtime Act to exclude overtime pay from federal income tax.
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-legislation-to-end-taxes-on-overtime-pay-deliver-relief-for-working-americans/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.
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-announces-legislation-to-audit-u-s-tax-dollars-sent-to-ukraine/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.
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-sanders-introduce-bill-to-curb-exploitative-credit-card-interest-rates-provide-relief-to-working-americans/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.
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-unveils-new-child-tax-credit-proposal-to-support-working-families/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).
Sourceshttps://www.missourinet.com/2025/07/06/radiation-exposure-compensation-act-officially-revived-as-one-big-beautiful-bill-signed-into-law/https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2024-10-30/josh-hawley-lucas-kunce-missouri-us-senate-race-insurrectionhttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/2025-recap-hawley-delivers-record-legislative-and-casework-wins/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.
Sourceshttps://thebeaconnews.org/stories/2024/10/11/missouri-senate-race-josh-hawley-lucas-kunce-nov-5-general-election/https://www.npr.org/2025/01/22/nx-s1-5253926/congress-laken-riley-acthttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/heres-whats-in-the-big-bill-that-just-passed-the-senateView position & sources → - Energy & EnvironmentStated position
Roll back restrictions on American energy production to increase U.S. oil and gas output.
Sourceshttps://thebeaconnews.org/stories/2024/10/11/missouri-senate-race-josh-hawley-lucas-kunce-nov-5-general-election/https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2025-07-01/after-marathon-session-missouri-senators-give-crucial-votes-to-pass-massive-budget-billhttps://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/2025-reconciliation-debate-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-energy-provisions/View position & sources → - Economy, Consumer Finance & InflationStated position
Cap credit-card interest rates to provide relief to working families.
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-op-ed-the-promise-of-pro-labor-conservatism/https://www.consumerfinancemonitor.com/2025/02/11/senators-sanders-hawley-introduce-legislation-to-cap-credit-card-interest-rates-at-10/https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-sanders-introduce-bill-to-curb-exploitative-credit-card-interest-rates-provide-relief-to-working-americans/View position & sources → - Healthcare & Prescription DrugsStated position
Take on Big Pharma and cap the price of insulin so families pay less out of pocket.
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-op-ed-the-promise-of-pro-labor-conservatism/https://thebeaconnews.org/stories/2024/10/11/missouri-senate-race-josh-hawley-lucas-kunce-nov-5-general-election/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/s146https://www.hawley.senate.gov/new-hawley-introduces-bill-protect-families-big-pharma-cap-insulin-prices/View position & sources → - Economy, Taxes & InflationStated position
Deliver working-class tax relief, including ending federal taxes on overtime pay.
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-legislation-to-end-taxes-on-overtime-pay-deliver-relief-for-working-americans/https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-op-ed-the-promise-of-pro-labor-conservatism/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/heres-whats-in-the-big-bill-that-just-passed-the-senateView position & sources → - Government Ethics & ReformStated position
Ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks (the PELOSI Act).
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-advances-pelosi-act-to-ban-congressional-stock-trading-out-of-committee/https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-op-ed-the-promise-of-pro-labor-conservatism/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hawley-democrats-vote-stock-trading-ban-committee/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.
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/new-hawley-introduces-two-bills-protect-kids-online-fight-back-against-big-tech/View 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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