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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 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 2025. 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.

Votes cast
659
Voted yea
484
Voted nay
144
Bills sponsored
40
Committees
12

Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.

Monthly voting activity

  • Yea
  • Nay
  • Total
0295887116VotesJan '25: 27 YeaJan '25: 1 NayJan '25Feb '25: 52 YeaFeb '25: 18 NayFeb '25Mar '25: 48 YeaMar '25: 7 NayMar '25Apr '25: 44 YeaApr '25: 17 NayApr '25May '25: 40 YeaMay '25: 10 NayMay '25Jun '25: 44 YeaJun '25: 28 NayJun '25Jul '25: 78 YeaJul '25: 30 NayJul '25Aug '25: 26 YeaAug '25: 6 NayAug '25Sep '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 '25: 28 totalFeb '25: 70 totalMar '25: 58 totalApr '25: 71 totalMay '25: 54 totalJun '25: 72 totalJul '25: 114 totalAug '25: 32 totalSep '25: 36 totalOct '25: 66 totalNov '25: 22 totalDec '25: 36 total
Measures voted on:476 passed169 failed14 procedural/other

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

Vote attendance

95.3%
attendance
628 of 659 roll calls31 missed
Monthly participation rate
025507510094.4%Jan 25Mar 25May 25Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Dec 25

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

Bills sponsored over time

40bills sponsored
1 passed a chamber39 pending
013253850Bills2025: 1 passed a chamber, 39 pending2025: 1 passed a chamber, 39 pending402025

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
32 of 628 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%
0 of 40 sponsored bills became law
1 passed a chamber39 pending

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

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$26.8M
Raised, 20222026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$5M$10M$15M$20M2022: raised $11.5M2022: spent $8.9M20222024: raised $13.8M2024: spent $17.5M20242026: raised $1.5M2026: spent $918K20262022: cash on hand $02024: cash on hand $02026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $62K (19%)19%Large individual (itemized): $235K (74%)74%PAC / committee: $21K (6%)
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$62K19%
  • Large individual (itemized)$235K74%
  • PAC / committee$21K6%

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

Each step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.

−100 worked against0+100 kept

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
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/
Not yet rated

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

Healthcare / Rural hospitalsSpecific · measurablePromised Jul 2025
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-legislation-to-prevent-future-medicaid-cuts-invest-in-rural-hospitals/
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
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-passes-reca-secures-new-medicaid-funding-in-senate-reconciliation-bill/
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
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-reintroduces-pelosi-act-to-ban-congress-from-trading-stocks/
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
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-sanders-introduce-bill-to-curb-exploitative-credit-card-interest-rates-provide-relief-to-working-americans/
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
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-senate
Championedhigh confidence

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

Government Ethics & ReformSpecific · measurablePromised Jul 2024
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/
Championedhigh confidence

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

Economy, Taxes & InflationSpecific · measurablePromised Jul 2024
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-senate
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
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/
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
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-legislation-to-fund-food-stamps-and-farm-programs-during-government-shutdown/
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
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-legislation-to-send-rebate-checks-to-working-americans/
Not yet rated

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

Taxes / WorkersPromised Mar 2025
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-introduces-legislation-to-end-taxes-on-overtime-pay-deliver-relief-for-working-americans/
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
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-announces-legislation-to-audit-u-s-tax-dollars-sent-to-ukraine/
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
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-unveils-new-child-tax-credit-proposal-to-support-working-families/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3430281/hawley-child-tax-credit-gop-tax-bill/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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
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/
Championedhigh confidence

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

Economy, Consumer Finance & InflationPromised Jul 2024
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/
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
Sourceshttps://www.hawley.senate.gov/new-hawley-introduces-two-bills-protect-kids-online-fight-back-against-big-tech/https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/s/BILLSTATUS-118s419.xmlhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/419https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3860333-hawley-proposes-ban-on-social-media-for-kids-under-16/

Voting record

Total votes
858
Yea
611
Nay
210
Present
0
Not voting
37

Full voting record

858 votes
  • PN8518Yea
  • PN9304Yea
  • PN9304Yea
  • PN9382Yea
  • PN9303Yea
  • PN9382Yea
  • PN9303Yea
  • PN9302Yea
  • PN9302Yea
  • PN9307Yea
  • PN9307Yea
  • PN8593Yea
  • PN73033Yea
120 of 858
Page 1 / 43

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

Stated positions

17 positions on record

What 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-senate
    View 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-senate
    View 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
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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