Daniel Webster, Representative for Florida's 11th Congressional District

Webster is the representative for Florida’s 11^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2017. Webster is next up for reelection in 2018.

He was previously the representative for Florida’s 10^th congressional district as a Republican from 2013 to 2016; and the representative for Florida’s 8^th congressional district as a Republican from 2011 to 2012.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Webster.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Webster 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 Webster has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

FreedomWorks: 95% NumbersUSA: 93% United States Chamber of Commerce: 86% Americans for Prosperity: 85% The Club for Growth: 58% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 11% League of Conservation Voters: 5% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Daniel Webster sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Federal Lands
- Member, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy
- Member, Subcommittee on Research and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Space
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Aviation
- Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
- Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

Enacted Legislation

Webster was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 2105: NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Webster sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Transportation and Public Works (60%) Government Operations and Politics (40%)

Recent Bills

Some of Webster’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Webster’s Vote	Vote Description
No	H.R. 1892: Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018; SUSTAIN Care Act of 2018; Honoring Hometown Heroes Act Feb 9, 2018. Passed 240/186. This bill became the vehicle for passage of funding for the federal government through March 23, 2018, to avert a government shutdown that would have occurred on February 9, 2018 had this bill not been enacted. The bill was introduced as the Honoring Hometown Heroes ...
Nay	S. 139: Rapid DNA Act of 2017 Jan 11, 2018. Passed 256/164. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017. The bill would extend so-called "section 702" government surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The bill was originally introduced and passed the Senate in 2017 as the Rapid DNA ...
Aye	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Nay	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay	H.R. 3393 (113th): Student and Family Tax Simplification Act Jul 24, 2014. Passed 227/187.
Nay	H.R. 6621 (112th): To correct and improve certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35, United States ... Dec 18, 2012. Passed 308/89.
No	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Sep 2018, Webster missed 238 of 5,244 roll call votes, which is 4.5%. This is worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2011 Jan-Mar	212	2	0.9%	45^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	2	0.7%	34^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	7	2.8%	72^nd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	7	3.4%	66^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	2	1.3%	44^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	1	0.3%	20^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	38^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	42^nd
2013 Apr-Jun	215	5	2.3%	58^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	22	11.0%	94^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	43^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	3	2.0%	52^nd
2014 Apr-Jun	219	5	2.3%	59^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	2	1.4%	49^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	1	0.4%	27^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	20	11.3%	96^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	34	24.8%	97^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	10	4.9%	75^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	8	3.4%	80^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	7	3.4%	74^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	3	2.2%	59^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	38	19.1%	94^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	28	16.8%	97^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	6	4.7%	70^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	19	10.3%	88^th
2018 Jul-Sep	86	2	2.3%	54^th

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

Daniel Webster is pronounced:

DAN-yul // WEB-ster

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
A a	cat
B b	bat
D d	day
E e	bed
ER er	her
L l	leg
N n	not
S s	sit
T t	top
U u	cup
W w	will
Y y	cry

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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