Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Loebsack 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). Loebsack is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Loebsack for more statistics.
Committee Membership
David Loebsack sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Power
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Loebsack sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (45%) Agriculture and Food (13%) Health (10%) Labor and Employment (6%) Emergency Management (6%) Energy (6%) Taxation (6%) Armed Forces and National Security (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Loebsack’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6153: To provide installation reutilization authority for arsenals, depots, and plants.
- H.R. 6108: Never Again Act
- H.R. 5849: New Jobs Training Act
- H.R. 5516: National Flood Research and Education Center Act
- H.R. 5462: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a ...
- H.Res. 691: Expressing support for designation of the week of April 18, 2016, through April ...
- H.R. 4673: REFUEL Act
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Voting Record
From Jan 2007 to Sep 2016, Loebsack missed 164 of 7,618 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 16 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