Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Smith has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Smith is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Smith for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Adam Smith sits on the following committees:
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Smith sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (23%) Immigration (14%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (14%) International Affairs (14%) Social Welfare (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Economics and Public Finance (9%) Health (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Smith’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5540: Military Infrastructure Consolidation and Efficiency Act of 2016
- H.R. 5454: Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2016
- H.R. 4728: SWEPT Act of 2016
- H.R. 4512: Relief From Sequestration Act of 2016
- H.R. 3410: Rural Economic Vitalization Act
- H.R. 2314: Accountability in Immigration Detention Act of 2015
- H.R. 1088: Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2015
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Voting Record
From Jan 1997 to Sep 2016, Smith missed 1,076 of 13,432 roll call votes, which is 8.0%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 444 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills