Jim Jordan
U.S. Representative
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OH - District 4
Republican
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Service: 2007-present
Biography
A Representative from Ohio. Born in Troy, Miami County, Ohio, February 17, 1964. Graduated from Graham High School, St. Paris, Ohio, 1982. B. S. , University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. , 1986. M. A. , The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1991. J. D. , Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, 2001. Coach, Ohio State University. Member of the Ohio state house of representatives, 1995-2000. Member of the Ohio state senate, 2001-2006. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Tenth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2007-present), chair, Committee on the Judiciary (One Hundred Eighteenth and One Hundred Nineteenth Congresses). Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald J. Trump, 2021.
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Voting History
Sponsored Bills
HRES 86: Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on the Judiciary in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HRES 1292: Recommending that the House of Representatives find United States Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on the Judiciary.
Status: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR 4791: Free Speech Protection Act
Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
HRES 159: Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on the Judiciary in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HRES 12: Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary.
Status: UNANIMOUS CONSENT - Mr. Franklin, C. Scott asked unanimous consent that, notwithstanding section 1(a
Cosponsored Bills
HR 9098: Congressional Records Protection Act
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR 722: Life at Conception Act
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR 1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act
Status: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administr
HR 8193: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 189 East Main Street in Xenia, Ohio, as the "Gilman 'Gil' Whitney Post Office Building".
Status: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
HR 1993: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
Status: Received in the Senate.
Committee Memberships
