Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Putnam sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 2010. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Putnam is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Putnam sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Economics and Public Finance (39%) Taxation (11%) Education (11%) Armed Forces and National Security (11%) Agriculture and Food (7%) Health (7%) Families (7%) Government Operations and Politics (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Putnam’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5601 (111th): Gulf Coast Homeowners Relief Act of 2010
- H.R. 5602 (111th): Gulf Coast Access to Savings Act of 2010
- H.R. 3948 (111th): Test Prep for Heroes Act
- H.R. 1353 (111th): Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Full Disclosure Act
- H.R. 1162 (111th): E-2 Nonimmigrant Investor Adjustment Act of 2009
- H.R. 1046 (111th): Children’s Product Safety Enhancement and Clarification Act of 2009
- H.R. 897 (111th): Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act of 2009
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Voting Record
From Jan 2001 to Dec 2010, Putnam missed 329 of 6,962 roll call votes, which is 4.7%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. ProPublica has tracked 196 explanations for these missed votes. 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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills