Rep. Cheri Bustos

Sponsorship Analysis

Bustos is a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Bustos’s bills have had a total of 141 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Bustos to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

Committee Membership

Cheri Bustos sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Agriculture
  • Member, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
  • Member, Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit
• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Member, Subcommittee on Aviation
  • Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit

Bills Sponsored

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

• H.R. 3649: Jobs for Heroes Act
• H.R. 3555: Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2013
• H.R. 2675: Government Transformation Act
• H.R. 1924: Access to Education and Training Act
• H.R. 1332: American Jobs Matter Act of 2013
• H.R. 1153: Water Infrastructure Now Public-Private Partnership Act
• H.R. 530: Government Waste Reduction Act of 2013

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Voting Record

From Jan 2013 to Mar 2014, Bustos missed 19 of 755 roll call votes, which is 2.5%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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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
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills