![Photo of Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR4]](/static/legislator-photos/412610-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Westerman.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Westerman 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 Westerman has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jun 21, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Bruce Westerman sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
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House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands
Enacted Legislation
Westerman was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 5923 (115th): Walnut Grove Land Exchange Act
- H.R. 3931 (114th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 Central Avenue Suite 1A in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, as the “Chief Petty ...
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
Westerman sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (30%) Crime and Law Enforcement (17%) Health (17%) Science, Technology, Communications (13%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Government Operations and Politics (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Westerman’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 2607: Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019
- H.R. 2200: Keeping Our Promises Act
- H.R. 2201: To modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to ...
- H.R. 1951: To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize a court to reduce ...
- H.R. 1949: To authorize the court to depart from a statutory minimum in the case ...
- H.R. 1950: Sara’s Law
- H.R. 1332: Fair Care Act of 2019
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2015 to Jun 2019, Westerman missed 22 of 2,933 roll call votes, which is 0.8%. This is better 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
