Brian Higgins, Representative for New York's 26th Congressional District

Analysis

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

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Higgins for more statistics.

Committee Membership

Brian Higgins sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
- Member, Subcommittee on The Middle East and North Africa
House Committee on Homeland Security
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence
- Member, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Higgins sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (17%) Health (17%) International Affairs (14%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Law (10%) Social Welfare (10%) Transportation and Public Works (10%) Emergency Management (7%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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From Jan 2005 to Sep 2016, Higgins missed 388 of 8,809 roll call votes, which is 4.4%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 130 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	90	4	4.4%	61^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	12	4.4%	70^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	4	2.7%	63^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	47^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	39^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	8	2.9%	63^rd
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	9	33.3%	96^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	13	6.1%	88^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	35	8.9%	92^nd
2007 Jul-Sep	317	30	9.5%	95^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	19	7.2%	82^nd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	4	2.7%	40^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	32	10.0%	88^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	1	0.5%	14^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	2	1.1%	34^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	11	3.6%	71^st
2009 Jul-Sep	268	11	4.1%	79^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	10	4.1%	67^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	15	7.7%	84^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	21	9.6%	90^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	11	7.3%	86^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	1	1.0%	19^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	2	0.9%	44^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	7	2.5%	69^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	4	1.6%	56^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	8	3.8%	71^st
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	23^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	2	0.7%	34^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	4	2.6%	65^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	6	11.8%	86^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	11	5.1%	81^st
2013 Jul-Sep	200	21	10.5%	93^rd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	32	23.4%	99^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	1	0.7%	23^rd
2014 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	24^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	1	0.7%	29^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	139	6	4.3%	78^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	2	0.8%	42^nd
2015 Jul-Sep	139	4	2.9%	71^st
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	8	5.8%	67^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	7	3.4%	63^rd
2016 Jul-Sep	214	2	0.9%	47^th

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

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