Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Long 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). Long is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Long for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Billy Long sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Power
- Member, Subcommittee on Health
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Long sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (47%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (13%) Taxation (13%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Environmental Protection (13%)
Recent Bills
Some of Long’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5182: Promoting Life-Saving New Therapies for Neonates Act of 2016
- H.R. 5068: HHS Data Protection Act
- H.R. 2479: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the ...
- H.R. 2452: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to facilitating ...
- H.R. 815: Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2015
- H.R. 311: Adoption Promotion Act of 2015
- H.R. 310: Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2015
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Voting Record
From Jan 2011 to Sep 2016, Long missed 110 of 4,069 roll call votes, which is 2.7%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 89 explanations 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