Rep. Donald Payne Jr.

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Payne 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). Payne is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

Donald Payne Jr. sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Homeland Security
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications
  • Member, Subcommittee on Transportation Security
• House Committee on Small Business

Bills Sponsored

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

• H.R. 615: Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act
• H.R. 5744: State Wide Interoperable Communications Enhancement Act
• H.R. 4972: Althea Gibson Excellence Act
• H.R. 4932: Increasing Technology Skills Act of 2014
• H.R. 4738: Tank Car Safety Act of 2014
• H.R. 4289: Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act
• H.R. 4063: Growing Small Businesses Act of 2014

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Voting Record

From Nov 2012 to Feb 2015, Payne missed 43 of 1,357 roll call votes, which is 3.2%. This is worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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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
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills