Rep. Bobby Rush

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Committee Membership

Bobby Rush sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Power
  • Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
  • Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology

Bills Sponsored

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

• H.R. 904: Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Study Act
• H.R. 580: Data Accountability and Trust Act
• H.R. 275: To establish a commission to identify and examine issues of national concern related ...
• H.R. 274: United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2015
• H.R. 273: Minority Small Business Enhancement Act of 2015
• H.Res. 712: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should ...
• H.R. 4526: 21st Century Energy Workforce Development Jobs Initiative Act of 2014

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Voting Record

From Jan 1993 to Mar 2015, Rush missed 2,286 of 14,741 roll call votes, which is 15.5%. This is worse 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