![Photo of Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL17]](/static/legislator-photos/412537-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Bustos.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Bustos 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 ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Bustos has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Sep 18, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Cheri Bustos sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Bustos was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 5737 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 108 West D Street in Alpha, Illinois, as the “Captain Joshua E. Steele Post Office”.
- H.R. 2673 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 514 Broadway Street in Pekin, Illinois, as the “Lance Corporal Jordan S. Bastean Post Office”.
- H.R. 5688 (115th): Navigation Workers Protection Act of 2018
- H.R. 2672 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 520 Carter Street in Fairview, Illinois, as the “Sgt. Douglas J. Riney Post Office”.
- H.R. 4046 (115th): Department of Defense Check Before You Rent Act
- H.R. 4047 (115th): Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2017
- H.R. 3566 (115th): Addiction Recovery for Rural Communities Act
Does 8 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
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
Bustos sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (21%) Armed Forces and National Security (21%) Health (16%) Agriculture and Food (13%) Environmental Protection (8%) Law (8%) Social Welfare (8%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Bustos’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 8091: UNITED Act
- H.R. 7769: RETAIN Act
- H.R. 7159: Crisis Care Improvement and Suicide Prevention Act of 2020
- H.R. 5721: Resources to Prevent Youth Vaping Act
- H.R. 5437: Boosting America’s Exports Act
- H.R. 5193: Buy America for Drinking Water Extension Act of 2019
- H.R. 5123: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 476 ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Sep 2020, Bustos missed 44 of 4,635 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
