Rep. Niki Tsongas

Sponsorship Analysis

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

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

Committee Membership

Niki Tsongas sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Armed Services
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
  • Member, Subcommittee on Military Personnel
• House Committee on Natural Resources
  • Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
  • Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

• H.R. 2059: To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure the issuance of regulations ...
• H.R. 1840: Senior and Retired Volunteers Act of 2013
• H.R. 412: Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Study Act
• H.R. 5319 (112th): Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Study Act
• H.R. 3471 (112th): Helping Individuals Return to Employment Act
• H.R. 2240 (112th): Lowell National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2012
• H.R. 2103 (112th): SSI Savers Act of 2011

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Voting Record

From Oct 2007 to May 2013, Tsongas missed 143 of 4,335 roll call votes, which is 3.3%. 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