Chellie Pingree, Representative for Maine's 1st Congressional District

Pingree is the representative for Maine’s 1^st congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 6, 2009. Pingree is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Pingree.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

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

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Human Rights Campaign: 100% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: A+ Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% League of Conservation Voters: 96% American Civil Liberties Union: 94% NIAC Action: A United States Chamber of Commerce: 30% NumbersUSA: 17% FreedomWorks: 10% Americans for Prosperity: 5% The Club for Growth: 4%

Committee Membership

Chellie Pingree sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Appropriations
- Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Pingree sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (26%) Armed Forces and National Security (17%) Agriculture and Food (17%) Health (17%) Social Sciences and History (13%) Environmental Protection (9%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Pingree’s Vote	Vote Description
No	H.R. 4127: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 Dec 1, 2015. Passed 364/58.
Aye	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
No	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. ...
Nay	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 ...
No	H.R. 1731: National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015 Apr 23, 2015. Passed 355/63.
Nay	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
No	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
No	H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
No	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	S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2009 to Jul 2018, Pingree missed 207 of 6,879 roll call votes, which is 3.0%. This is on par with 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	4	2.3%	51^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	6	2.0%	45^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	4	1.5%	44^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	11	4.5%	73^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	3	1.5%	31^st
2010 Apr-Jun	219	17	7.8%	83^rd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	2	1.3%	39^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	13	13.1%	89^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	9	4.2%	86^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	17	6.0%	89^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	6	2.4%	67^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	8	3.8%	69^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	3	2.0%	55^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	7	2.3%	61^st
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	6	2.8%	64^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	12	6.0%	87^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	1	0.7%	30^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	16	10.8%	92^nd
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	1	0.7%	28^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	55^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	1	0.7%	26^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	2	0.8%	41^st
2015 Jul-Sep	139	3	2.2%	64^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	4	2.3%	68^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	3	2.2%	44^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	4	2.0%	49^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	42^nd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	3	1.4%	51^st
2017 Apr-Jun	136	6	4.4%	79^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	6	3.6%	71^st
2018 Jan-Mar	129	23	17.8%	96^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	17^th
2018 Jul-Jul	66	2	3.0%	64^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

Chellie Pingree is pronounced:

SHE-lee // PING-gree

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
E e	bed
EE ee	meet
G g	get
H h	hat
I i	pin
L l	leg
NG ng	sing
P p	pen
R r	rag
S s	sit

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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