Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Guthrie 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). Guthrie is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Guthrie for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Brett Guthrie sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
- Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Vice Chairman, Subcommittee on Health
- Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Guthrie sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (44%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (23%) Commerce (13%) Armed Forces and National Security (5%) Labor and Employment (5%) Science, Technology, Communications (5%) Education (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Guthrie’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5966: A bill to convey certain locks and dams.
- H.R. 5580: Save America’s Pastime Act
- H.R. 5315: CLEAR Act of 2016
- H.R. 5109: CLEAR Act
- H.R. 4984: To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of the ...
- H.R. 3682: Reducing Employer Burdens, Unleashing Innovation, and Labor Development Act of 2015
- H.R. 3179: Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act
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Voting Record
From Jan 2009 to Sep 2016, Guthrie missed 50 of 5,742 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 31 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