Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Pingree has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her 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). Pingree is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Pingree for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Chellie Pingree sits on the following committees:
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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 (25%) Agriculture and Food (17%) Armed Forces and National Security (17%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (13%) Health (13%) Social Sciences and History (8%) Environmental Protection (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Pingree’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5298: Food Date Labeling Act of 2016
- H.R. 5277: Keep America’s Waterfronts Working Act
- H.R. 4454: Chris Kotch VA Education Access Act
- H.R. 4245: To exempt exportation of certain echinoderms and mollusks from licensing requirements under the ...
- H.R. 4184: Food Recovery Act of 2015
- H.R. 3814: Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2015
- H.R. 2553: Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2015
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Voting Record
From Jan 2009 to Sep 2016, Pingree missed 165 of 5,726 roll call votes, which is 2.9%. 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.
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