![Photo of Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL8]](/static/legislator-photos/412309-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Posey.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Posey 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 Posey has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Sep 19, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Bill Posey sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
Enacted Legislation
Posey was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 2726 (114th): Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1478 (114th): Policyholder Protection Act of 2015
- H.R. 451 (113th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 North Brevard Avenue in Cocoa Beach, Florida, as the “Richard K. Salick Post Office”.
- H.R. 1726 (113th): To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers.
- H.R. 2338 (112th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 Florida Avenue in Cocoa, Florida, as the “Harry T. and Harriette Moore Post Office”.
- H.R. 4401 (112th): RACE for Space Act
Does 6 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
Posey sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (22%) Finance and Financial Sector (19%) Science, Technology, Communications (17%) Health (9%) Immigration (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Taxation (7%) Transportation and Public Works (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Posey’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 3617: Article I Restoration Act of 2019
- H.R. 3603: To amend chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that ...
- H.R. 3518: To prohibit the payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased ...
- H.R. 3449: To require that in a notice of proposed rule making for a new ...
- H.R. 3326: End the Congressional Revolving Door Act
- H.Res. 443: Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and for other ...
- H.R. 2318: FIRM IT Act of 2019
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2009 to Sep 2019, Posey missed 163 of 7,540 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
