![Photo of Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA3]](/static/legislator-photos/412705-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Higgins.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Higgins 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 Higgins has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 11, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Clay Higgins sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Homeland Security
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability
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House Committee on Oversight and Reform
- Member, Subcommittee on National Security
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Higgins sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (21%) Immigration (18%) Education (15%) Energy (12%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Emergency Management (6%) Finance and Financial Sector (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Higgins’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5320: To require States and units of local government receiving funds under grant programs ...
- H.Res. 736: Stand For Something Resolution
- H.R. 4761: DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019
- H.R. 4314: To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense ...
- H.R. 3719: CTPAT Reauthorization Act of 2019
- H.R. 3358: Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Act
- H.R. 3273: Combating Transnational Criminal Organizations Act of 2019
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to Dec 2019, Higgins missed 112 of 1,892 roll call votes, which is 5.9%. This is much worse 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
- Office of Clay Higgins for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
