A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Representative for Maryland's 2nd Congressional District

Ruppersberger is the representative for Maryland’s 2^nd congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 7, 2003. Ruppersberger is next up for reelection in 2018.

Photo of Rep. A. Dutch Ruppersberger [D-MD2]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Ruppersberger.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ruppersberger is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Ruppersberger has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% NIAC Action: A League of Conservation Voters: 85% American Civil Liberties Union: 76% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 53% NumbersUSA: 18% FreedomWorks: 15% The Club for Growth: 10% Americans for Prosperity: 5%

Committee Membership

A. Dutch Ruppersberger sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Appropriations
- Member, Subcommittee on Defense
- Member, Subcommittee on Homeland Security
- Member, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

Enacted Legislation

Ruppersberger was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 2097 (111th): Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Act

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We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if about one third or more of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Ruppersberger sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (36%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (27%) Health (18%) Armed Forces and National Security (18%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Ruppersberger’s Vote	Vote Description
Aye	H.Res. 937: Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 2943) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department ... Dec 1, 2016. Passed 277/139.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Aye	H.R. 2596: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 Jun 16, 2015. Passed 247/178. The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (IAA), H.R. 2596, was passed by the House on June 16. The IAA would authorize funding for intelligence-related agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It was passed ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Yea	H.R. 622: State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015 Apr 16, 2015. Passed 272/152.
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Yea	H.R. 4745 (113th): Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 Jun 10, 2014. Passed 229/192.
Yea	H.R. 2354 (112th): Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 Jul 15, 2011. Passed 219/196.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Nay	H.R. 4154 (111th): Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act of 2009 Dec 3, 2009. Passed 225/200.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to Apr 2018, Ruppersberger missed 471 of 10,958 roll call votes, which is 4.3%. 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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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	4	2.1%	56^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	11	7.3%	76^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	1	1.0%	20^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	9	4.1%	66^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	1	0.6%	19^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	6	10.3%	82^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	5	5.6%	71^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	2	0.7%	29^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	3	2.1%	53^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	15	18.5%	96^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	7	2.5%	59^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	3	1.9%	49^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	6	2.8%	65^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	7	1.8%	58^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	6	1.9%	53^rd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	16	6.1%	76^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	45	30.2%	99^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	15	4.7%	71^st
2008 Jul-Sep	205	3	1.5%	33^rd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	51^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	44	14.5%	97^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	5	1.9%	55^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	1	0.4%	12^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	3	1.5%	31^st
2010 Apr-Jun	219	31	14.2%	94^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	3	2.0%	50^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	1	1.0%	21^st
2011 Jan-Mar	212	3	1.4%	57^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	6	2.1%	67^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	3	1.2%	43^rd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	22	10.6%	94^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	12	7.9%	88^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	7	2.3%	61^st
2012 Jul-Sep	152	17	11.2%	92^nd
2012 Nov-Dec	51	4	7.8%	78^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	67^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	4	1.9%	52^nd
2013 Jul-Sep	200	11	5.5%	84^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	5	3.6%	70^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	31	20.9%	98^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	13	5.9%	78^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	2	1.4%	49^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	51	28.8%	99^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	1	0.5%	19^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	7	3.0%	77^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	1	0.5%	23^rd
2017 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	3	1.5%	63^rd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	6	3.6%	71^st
2018 Jan-Mar	129	2	1.6%	38^th
2018 Apr-Apr	18	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

@unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

A. Dutch Ruppersberger is pronounced:

duch // ROO-perz-ber-ger

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
B b	bat
CH ch	chin
D d	day
ER er	her
G g	get
OO oo	soon
P p	pen
R r	rag
U u	cup
Z z	zebra

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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