Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Webster has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his 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). Webster is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Webster for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Daniel Webster sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
- Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Webster sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Transportation and Public Works (43%) Government Operations and Politics (29%) Economics and Public Finance (29%)
Recent Bills
Some of Webster’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4082: Coordinating Transportation Services for Transportation Disadvantaged Individuals Act of 2015
- H.R. 4081: TIFIA 2.0 Act
- H.R. 579: THRIFT Act of 2015
- H.R. 5192 (113th): THRIFT Act of 2014
- H.Res. 669 (113th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5021) to provide an extension ...
- H.R. 4925 (113th): TIFIA 2.0 Act
- H.Res. 501 (113th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2824) to amend the Surface ...
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Voting Record
From Jan 2011 to Sep 2016, Webster missed 135 of 4,071 roll call votes, which is 3.3%. This is worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 28 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