Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Bustos 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). Bustos is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Bustos for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Cheri Bustos sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Agriculture
- Member, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
- Member, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture
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House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Aviation
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Bustos sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (41%) Armed Forces and National Security (24%) Taxation (12%) Transportation and Public Works (12%) Education (12%)
Recent Bills
Some of Bustos’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5146: Boosting America’s Exports Act
- H.R. 4690: Army Arsenal Revitalization Act of 2016
- H.R. 3217: Refueling Assistance Act of 2015
- H.R. 3003: Jobs for Heroes Act
- H.R. 2826: Government Transformation Act
- H.R. 2525: Hero Street USA Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 2055: Make It At Home Act
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Voting Record
From Jan 2013 to Sep 2016, Bustos missed 34 of 2,470 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 20 explanations for these missed votes. 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