Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Grayson 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). Grayson is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Grayson for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Alan Grayson sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on The Middle East and North Africa
- Member, Subcommittee on The Western Hemisphere
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House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Energy
- Member, Subcommittee on Environment
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Grayson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (32%) Economics and Public Finance (28%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Government Operations and Politics (7%) Education (7%) Labor and Employment (4%) Health (4%) Finance and Financial Sector (4%)
Recent Bills
Some of Grayson’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5615: Freedom From Fear Act
- H.R. 5352: No One Can Take Away Your Right to Vote Act of 2016
- H.R. 5151: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide an extension of the ...
- H.R. 5108: Zombie Property Relief Act of 2016
- H.R. 5000: Employee Free Choice Act of 2016
- H.R. 4727: To require the Secretary of the Department of Energy to issue a report ...
- H.R. 4519: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a five-year extension of ...
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Voting Record
From Jan 2009 to Sep 2016, Grayson missed 127 of 4,118 roll call votes, which is 3.1%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 21 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