Dan Benishek, Representative from Michigan's 1st District

Dates	Title	Representing
2011-2015	Representative	Michigan's 1^st District

Sponsorship Analysis

Benishek is a rank-and-file Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Benishek to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Dan Benishek sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Health
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
House Committee on Agriculture
- Member, Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry
- Member, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Benishek’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 2011 to Jun 2013, Benishek missed 16 of 1,869 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	1	0.4%	17^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	1	0.4%	23^rd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	3	1.4%	44^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	24^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	1	0.3%	20^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	6	3.9%	79^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	174	3	1.7%	45^th