Rep. Betty McCollum

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for McCollum.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

McCollum 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 ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills McCollum has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 17, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Betty McCollum sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Appropriations

Enacted Legislation

McCollum was the primary sponsor of 10 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 8446 (117th): Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2022
• H.R. 8236 (117th): Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023
• H.R. 4432 (117th): Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022
• H.R. 733 (116th): Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act
• H.R. 7612 (116th): Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021
• H.R. 3052 (116th): Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
• H.R. 6856 (115th): PEPFAR and Protections for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Act of 2018

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Does 10 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

McCollum sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (27%) Health (15%) Native Americans (15%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (15%) Economics and Public Finance (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (6%) Sports and Recreation (6%) Government Operations and Politics (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

McCollum recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 668: Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act
• H.R. 9064 (117th): Jamal Khashoggi Protection for Dissidents and Journalists Act of 2022
• H.Res. 1282 (117th): Expressing support for July to be designated as “Disability Pride Month”.
• H.R. 8446 (117th): Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2022
• H.R. 8236 (117th): Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023
• H.R. 7587 (117th): Nonprofit Sector Strength and Partnership Act of 2022
• H.Res. 949 (117th): Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2001 to Mar 2023, McCollum missed 299 of 14,402 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is on par with the median of 1.5% 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, major life events, and running for higher office.

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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
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills