Rep. Bill Shuster

District:: Pennsylvania - District 9
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
2001-2015	Representative, Pennsylvania's 9^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Shuster is a rank-and-file Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Shuster’s bills have had a total of 226 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Shuster to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

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Committee Membership

Bill Shuster sits on the following committees:

Chairman, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Aviation
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
House Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From May 2001 to Apr 2014, Shuster missed 206 of 9,264 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2001 Apr-Jun	88	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	1	0.7%	23^rd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	1	0.7%	22^nd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	2	1.4%	39^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	2	2.1%	52^nd
2003 Apr-Jun	239	4	1.7%	47^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	1	0.5%	19^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	1	1.0%	21^st
2004 Apr-Jun	221	10	4.5%	70^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	11	6.8%	75^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	18^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	1	0.4%	14^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	5	1.8%	48^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	3	1.9%	49^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	65^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	3	1.4%	43^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	12	3.1%	68^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	7	2.2%	60^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	16	6.1%	77^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	1	0.7%	9^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	7	2.2%	42^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	6	2.9%	55^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	51^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	10	3.3%	66^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	6	2.2%	60^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	15	6.1%	80^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	6	3.1%	54^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	14	6.4%	79^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	4	2.6%	54^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	2	2.0%	32^nd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	12	5.7%	91^st
2011 Apr-Jun	281	2	0.7%	33^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	4	1.6%	55^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	3	1.4%	44^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	7	4.6%	79^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	2	0.7%	34^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	33^rd
2012 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	36^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	2	0.9%	37^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	5	2.5%	66^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	8	5.8%	80^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	1	0.7%	22^nd
2014 Apr-Apr	29	0	0.0%	0^th