Rep. Donald Payne Jr.

Sponsorship Analysis

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

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Committee Membership

Donald Payne Jr. sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Homeland Security
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications
  • Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency
• House Committee on Small Business
  • Member, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

• H.R. 2195: Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2013
• H.R. 1376: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 ...
• H.R. 868: Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2013
• H.Res. 69: Supporting the designation of March 2013, as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

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Voting Record

From Nov 2012 to Jun 2013, Payne missed 19 of 301 roll call votes, which is 6.3%. This is worse 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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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
• New Member Pictorial Directory (113th), Committee on House Administration for the photo
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills