Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Thompson 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). Thompson is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Thompson for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Bennie Thompson sits on the following committees:
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Ranking Member,
House Committee on Homeland Security
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Transportation Security
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Thompson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Transportation and Public Works (34%) Government Operations and Politics (22%) Emergency Management (19%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (13%) Law (6%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Thompson’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5256: Expanding DHS Overseas Passenger Security Screening and Vetting Operations Act
- H.R. 4780: Department of Homeland Security Strategy for International Programs Act
- H.R. 4488: Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2016
- H.R. 4079: Secure Refugee Process Act of 2015
- H.R. 3517: American Red Cross Sunshine Act
- H.R. 3505: Department of Homeland Security Clearance Management and Administration Act
- H.R. 3418: Federal Protective Service Improvement and Accountability Act of 2015
View All » (including bills from previous years)
Voting Record
From Apr 1993 to Sep 2016, Thompson missed 590 of 15,758 roll call votes, which is 3.7%. 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.
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