Rep. Don Bacon

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Bacon.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Bacon 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 Bacon has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 11, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Don Bacon sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Agriculture
  • Member, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture
  • Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations
• House Committee on Armed Services
  • Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities
  • Member, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces

Enacted Legislation

Bacon was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 4754: Change Order Transparency for Federal Contractors Act
• H.R. 3201: Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2018

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Bacon sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (24%) Armed Forces and National Security (24%) Emergency Management (12%) International Affairs (12%) Immigration (12%) Commerce (8%) Social Welfare (8%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 5395: To protect law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 4982: Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2019
• H.R. 4939: STOP Straw Purchases Act
• H.R. 3536: Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019
• H.R. 3116: State Flexibility for Family First Transitions Act
• H.R. 3084: The Military Service Academy Foundation Act of 2019
• H.R. 2378: Kerrie Orozco First Responders Family Support Act

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2017 to Dec 2019, Bacon missed 1 of 1,892 roll call votes, which is 0.1%. This is better than 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.

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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 Don Bacon for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills