Rep. George “G.K.” Butterfield Jr.

District:: North Carolina - District 1
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2004-2015	Representative	North Carolina's 1^st District

Track Him

Official Website: http://www.house.gov/butterfield
@gkbutterfield

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Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Butterfield 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

George “G.K.” Butterfield Jr. sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- Member, Subcommittee on Health
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

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Voting Record

From Jul 2004 to May 2013, Butterfield missed 347 of 6,657 roll call votes, which is 5.2%. 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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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2004 Jul-Sep	82	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	3	1.1%	36^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	11	7.5%	87^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	6	3.7%	61^st
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	41^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	4	1.4%	38^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	1	0.6%	28^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	7	3.3%	71^st
2007 Apr-Jun	393	7	1.8%	55^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	6	1.9%	51^st
2007 Oct-Dec	263	37	14.1%	96^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	6	4.0%	54^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	38	11.8%	94^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	4	2.0%	43^rd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	78^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	7	4.0%	74^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	22	7.3%	88^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	6	2.2%	60^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	2	0.8%	18^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	19	9.7%	90^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	20	9.1%	90^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	7	4.6%	75^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	42^nd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	7	3.3%	82^nd
2011 Apr-Jun	281	17	6.0%	88^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	21	8.5%	92^nd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	9	4.3%	73^rd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	7	4.6%	79^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	36	12.0%	94^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	18	11.8%	94^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	2	3.9%	53^rd
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	5	5.6%	78^th
2013 Apr-May	77	7	9.1%	82^nd

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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

May 20, 2013 7:05 p.m.