Rep. Bill Foster

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Foster 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). Foster is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

Bill Foster sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Financial Services
  • Member, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises
  • Member, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade

Bills Sponsored

Some of Foster’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• H.R. 1123: To provide for punishments for immigration-related fraud, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 787: Payer State Transparency Act of 2015
• H.R. 5834: Closing the Digital Divide for Students Act of 2014
• H.Res. 767: Expressing support for designation of December 3, 2014, as the “National Day of ...
• H.R. 5588: Payer State Transparency Act of 2014
• H.R. 5587: Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2014
• H.Res. 721: Encouraging greater public-private sector collaboration to promote financial literacy for students and young ...

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Voting Record

From Mar 2008 to Mar 2015, Foster missed 29 of 3,546 roll call votes, which is 0.8%. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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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
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills