![Photo of Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD4]](/static/legislator-photos/412707-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Brown.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Brown 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 Brown has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Feb 18, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Anthony Brown sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Brown was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3177: National Defense Accelerator Network Act of 2019
- H.R. 3176: To direct the Secretary of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to be machine readable and electronically transferable.
- H.R. 3087: To make improvements to the Mentor-Protégé Program of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2756: Developing the National Security Workforce Act
- H.R. 4890 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9801 Apollo Drive in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, as the “Wayne K. Curry Post Office Building”.
Does 5 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
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 at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Brown sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (31%) Crime and Law Enforcement (16%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Taxation (12%) International Affairs (10%) Transportation and Public Works (6%) Immigration (6%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Brown’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5891: To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to funding for certain ...
- H.J.Res. 83: War Powers Reform Resolution
- H.R. 5503: The Commuter Parkway Safety and Reliability Act
- H.R. 5378: Second Lieutenant Richard W. Collins III Memorial Act
- H.R. 5366: Chesapeake Bay Oyster Research Act
- H.R. 5255: MORE TOD Act
- H.R. 4746: Transgender Military Service Reporting Act of 2019
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to Feb 2020, Brown missed 56 of 1,981 roll call votes, which is 2.8%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
- Wikipedia entry on Anthony Brown for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
