Rep. Juan Vargas

Sponsorship Analysis

Vargas is a moderate Democratic follower according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

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

Committee Membership

Juan Vargas sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Agriculture
  • Member, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
  • Member, Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture
• House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • Member, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
  • Member, Subcommittee on The Middle East and North Africa
• House Committee on House Administration

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

• H.Res. 241: Recognizing the importance of the United States International Boundary Water Commission (USIBWC) and ...
• H.R. 1690: Child Protection Act of 2013
• H.R. 1691: Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range Transfer Act of 2013

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Voting Record

From Jan 2013 to Jun 2013, Vargas missed 3 of 263 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. 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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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