Bill Text
H.R. 959 (111th): Officer Daniel Faulkner Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2010
This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (May 12, 2010) is now available.
Sep 16, 2012 7:47 p.m.Rep. Patrick Murphy
Former Representative from Pennsylvania's 8th District
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | Pennsylvania's 8th District |
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Sponsorship Analysis
Murphy was a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Murphy’s time serving in the House of Representatives.
Use this chart to compare Murphy to other members of the House of Representatives in the 111th Congress on leadership and ideology.
This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.
Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship
Some of Murphy’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6520 (111th): Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010
- H.R. 5966 (111th): Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010
- H.R. 4980 (111th): Kick OPIC Act of 2010
- H.R. 4796 (111th): Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act of 2010
- H.R. 4683 (111th): Scrap the MAP Act
- H.R. 4622 (111th): Secure Borders Act of 2010
- H.R. 4546 (111th): Truth in Tuition Act of 2010
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Voting Record
From Jan 2007 to Dec 2010, Murphy missed 128 of 3,531 roll call votes, which is 3.6%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- Office of Patrick Murphy for the photo
- THOMAS, for sponsored bills
Recent Legislative Activity
Bill Text
H.R. 959 (111th): Officer Daniel Faulkner Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act of 2010
This bill’s text for status Referred to Senate Committee (May 17, 2010) is now available.
Sep 16, 2012 7:38 p.m.Bill Text
H.R. 3393 (111th): Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010
This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (Apr 28, 2010) is now available.
Sep 16, 2012 7:31 p.m.Bill Text
H.R. 3393 (111th): Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010
This bill’s text for status Referred to Senate Committee (Apr 29, 2010) is now available.
Sep 16, 2012 7:27 p.m.Bill Text
H.R. 3393 (111th): Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010
This bill’s text is now available.
Sep 16, 2012 6:09 p.m.