Brett Guthrie, Representative for Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District

Guthrie is the representative for Kentucky’s 2^nd congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 6, 2009. Guthrie is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Guthrie.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Guthrie 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 Guthrie has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 92% Americans for Prosperity: 87% FreedomWorks: 80% The Club for Growth: 78% NumbersUSA: 75% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 11% League of Conservation Voters: 6% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Brett Guthrie sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Chair, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Health
- Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection

Enacted Legislation

Guthrie was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Guthrie sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (57%) Science, Technology, Communications (11%) Commerce (11%) Education (9%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Guthrie’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 1314: Trade Act of 2015 Oct 28, 2015. Passed 266/167. This vote turned this bill into the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, by replacing the text of the bill in whole. H.R. 1314 was previously the Trade Act of 2015.
Aye	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Nay	H.R. 5730 (111th): Surface Transportation Earmark Rescission, Savings, and Accountability Act Jul 27, 2010. Passed 394/23.
Yea	H.R. 1320 (111th): Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2010 Jul 26, 2010. Passed 250/124.
No	H.R. 1256 (111th): Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Apr 2, 2009. Passed 298/112. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, (Pub.L. 111–31, H.R. 1256) is a federal statute in the United States that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on June 22, 2009. The Act gives the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate ...

Missed Votes

From Jan 2009 to Jul 2018, Guthrie missed 56 of 6,865 roll call votes, which is 0.8%. This is better than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2009 Jan-Mar	174	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	2	0.8%	19^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	56^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	21^st
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	3	1.1%	44^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	11	5.3%	81^st
2012 Jan-Mar	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	43^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	11	7.4%	87^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	3	2.1%	50^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	10	4.3%	85^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	6	3.0%	80^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jul-Jul	52	0	0.0%	0^th

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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Brett Guthrie is pronounced:

bret // GUTH-ree

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
B b	bat
E e	bed
EE ee	meet
G g	get
R r	rag
T t	top
TH th	thin
U u	cup

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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