Kildee is the representative for Michigan’s 8th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2023. Kildee is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 64 years old.
He was previously the representative for Michigan’s 5th congressional district as a Democrat from 2013 to 2022.
![Photo of Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI8]](/static/legislator-photos/412546-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Kildee.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Kildee 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 Kildee has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 28, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Daniel Kildee sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Kildee was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3828 (117th): Advanced Technological Manufacturing Act
- H.R. 2551 (116th): Great Lakes Environmental Sensitivity Index Act of 2019
Does 2 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
Kildee sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (23%) Taxation (21%) Environmental Protection (19%) Housing and Community Development (10%) International Affairs (8%) Social Welfare (8%) Labor and Employment (8%) Government Operations and Politics (4%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Kildee recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 243: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the …
- H.R. 1407: Financing Lead Out of Water Act of 2022
- H.Res. 178: Affirming the House of Representatives’ commitment to protect and strengthen Social Security and …
- H.R. 1133: To clarify that the scope of the National Endowment for the Humanities includes …
- H.R. 8986 (117th): State and Local Corrections Officer Retirement Fairness Act of 2022
- H.R. 8885 (117th): Better Health Care Directories Act
- H.R. 8786 (117th): National Land Bank Network Act of 2022
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Mar 2023, Kildee missed 55 of 5,864 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 1.6% 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, major life events, and running for higher office.
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
