Rep. Donald Payne Jr.

Sponsorship Analysis

Payne is a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Payne’s bills have had a total of 210 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Payne to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

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 Oversight and Management Efficiency
• House Committee on Small Business
  • Member, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access

Bills Sponsored

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

• H.R. 4289: Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act
• H.R. 4063: Growing Small Businesses Act of 2014
• H.R. 3158: SAFE in Our Schools Act
• H.R. 2962: Saving More American Resources Today Grid Study Act of 2013
• H.R. 2863: GREEN Jobs Act of 2013
• H.R. 2195: Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2013
• H.R. 1376: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 ...

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Voting Record

From Nov 2012 to Apr 2014, Payne missed 34 of 872 roll call votes, which is 3.9%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% 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