Rep. Carol Shea-Porter

Sponsorship Analysis

Shea-Porter is a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

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Committee Membership

Carol Shea-Porter sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Armed Services
  • Member, Subcommittee on Military Personnel
  • Member, Subcommittee on Readiness
• House Committee on Natural Resources
  • Member, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs
  • Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Shea-Porter’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• H.R. 1688: Never Contract With the Enemy Act
• H.R. 1480: Buy America Accountability Act of 2013
• H.Res. 145: Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the sinking of U.S.S. Thresher (SSN 593).
• H.R. 1388: To extend the temporary suspension of duty on bitolylene diisocyanate (TODI).
• H.R. 257: Veterans Health Equity Act of 2013
• H.R. 6276 (111th): Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2010
• H.R. 6255 (111th): To require mail-order pharmacies to notify customers when generic drugs become available ...

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Voting Record

From Jan 2007 to May 2013, Shea-Porter missed 101 of 3,714 roll call votes, which is 2.7%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills