Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Flores 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). Flores is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Flores for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Bill Flores sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Power
- Member, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Flores sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (29%) Armed Forces and National Security (29%) Environmental Protection (17%) Health (8%) Energy (8%) Government Operations and Politics (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Flores’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6071: Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5410: Health Coverage State Flexibility Act of 2016
- H.R. 5180: Food and Fuel Consumer Protection Act of 2016
- H.R. 4000: Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Deadline Harmonization Act of 2015
- H.R. 3822: Student Loan Opportunity Act of 2015
- H.R. 3771: Terms of Credit Act
- H.R. 3663: To prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property.
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Voting Record
From Jan 2011 to Sep 2016, Flores missed 95 of 4,071 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 1 explanation 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