![Photo of Rep. David Trone [D-MD6]](/static/legislator-photos/412783-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Trone.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Trone 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 Trone has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to May 27, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
David Trone sits on the following committees:
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Trone sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (50%) Health (30%) Crime and Law Enforcement (20%)
Recent Bills
Some of Trone’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6843: To provide reimbursements for the child care operational emergency costs of certain institutions ...
- H.R. 6694: COPS Counseling Act
- H.R. 6626: Girls LEAD Act
- H.R. 5909: Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 2020
- H.R. 5620: TRUE EQUITY Act
- H.R. 5572: Family Support Services for Addiction Act of 2020
- H.R. 5249: Supporting Healthy Mothers and Infants Act of 2019
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to May 2020, Trone missed 16 of 816 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% 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
- Office of David Trone for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
