Rep. Peter Torkildsen
Former Representative from Massachusetts's 6th District
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | Massachusetts's 6th District |
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Sponsorship Analysis
Torkildsen was a centrist Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Torkildsen’s time serving in the House of Representatives.
Use this chart to compare Torkildsen to other members of the House of Representatives in the 104th 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 Torkildsen’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 3892 (104th): D’Oench Duhme Reform Act
- H.R. 2959 (104th): To repeal the requirement enacted in the National Defense Authorization Act for ...
- H.R. 2806 (104th): Venture Capital Marketing Association Charter Act
- H.R. 2715 (104th): Paperwork Elimination Act of 1996
- H.R. 2471 (104th): To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the ...
- H.R. 2447 (104th): To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit nonparty ...
- H.R. 2188 (104th): To establish in the Department of the Interior the Essex National Heritage ...
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Voting Record
From Jan 1993 to Sep 1996, Torkildsen missed 67 of 2,462 roll call votes, which is 2.7%. This is worse than the median of 2.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 1996. 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
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
- THOMAS, for sponsored bills