![Photo of Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN7]](/static/legislator-photos/400316-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Peterson.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Peterson 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 Peterson has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 4, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Collin Peterson sits on the following committees:
- Chair, House Committee on Agriculture
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House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Enacted Legislation
Peterson was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 2251 (113th): To designate the United States courthouse and Federal building located at 118 South Mill Street, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, as the “Edward J. Devitt United States Courthouse ...
- H.R. 1272 (112th): Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 2012
- H.R. 3509 (111th): Agricultural Credit Act of 2010
- H.R. 5852 (111th): Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010
- H.R. 6124 (110th): Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
- H.R. 2419 (110th): Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
- H.R. 6051 (110th): To amend Public Law 110-196 to provide for a temporary extension of programs authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 beyond May 16, ...
Does 9 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
Peterson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Transportation and Public Works (28%) Health (28%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (11%) Environmental Protection (11%) Agriculture and Food (11%) Science, Technology, Communications (11%)
Recent Bills
Some of Peterson’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5203: Promoting Rural Exports Act of 2019
- H.R. 5103: Rural Hospital Frontier Workforce Fairness Act
- H.R. 4895: CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2019
- H.R. 4494: Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2019
- H.R. 3006: Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act of 2019
- H.Res. 381: Recognizing the REALTORS Land Institute on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.
- H.R. 2601: Office of Rural Telecommunications Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1991 to Dec 2019, Peterson missed 368 of 18,753 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% 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
