![Photo of Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY26]](/static/legislator-photos/400641-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Higgins.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Higgins 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 Higgins has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jul 15, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Brian Higgins sits on the following committees:
- House Committee on the Budget
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House Committee on Ways and Means
- Member, Subcommittee on Health
- Member, Subcommittee on Social Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Trade
Enacted Legislation
Higgins was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3556 (112th): To designate the new United States courthouse in Buffalo, New York, as the “Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse”.
- H.R. 918 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 East 3rd Street in Jamestown, New York, as the “Stan Lundine Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 6318 (110th): To designate a portion of United States Route 20A, located in Orchard Park, New York, as the “Timothy J. Russert Highway”.
- H.R. 3339 (109th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2061 South Park Avenue in Buffalo, New York, as the “James T. Molloy Post Office ...
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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Higgins sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (30%) Armed Forces and National Security (26%) Social Welfare (13%) Transportation and Public Works (13%) Taxation (9%) International Affairs (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Higgins’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 3654: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage ...
- H.R. 3341: Opioid Treatment Providers Act
- H.R. 3316: Neighborhood Homes Investment Act
- H.R. 1973: Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2019
- H.R. 1730: Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2019
- H.R. 1346: Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2019
- H.R. 5431: Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2018
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2005 to Jul 2019, Higgins missed 439 of 10,567 roll call votes, which is 4.2%. This is worse than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
