Donna Edwards, former Representative for Maryland's 4th Congressional District

Edwards was the representative for Maryland’s 4^th congressional district and was a Democrat. She served from 2008 to 2016.

Photo of Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD4, 2008-2016]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2016 Report Card for Edwards.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Edwards is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2016 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Edwards sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 30, 2016. See full analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Edwards sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (23%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) Labor and Employment (13%) Education (13%) Environmental Protection (10%) Transportation and Public Works (10%) Health (10%) Science, Technology, Communications (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Edwards voted No

H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II

Passed 312/119 on Jul 15, 2015.

Edwards voted Nay

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of ...

Edwards voted Nay

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December ...

Edwards voted Aye

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Edwards voted Nay

S. 622 (113th): Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2013

Passed 390/12 on Jun 3, 2013.

Edwards voted Nay

H.R. 4606 (112th): To authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines in Glacier National Park, and for ...

Passed 286/10 on Dec 17, 2012.

Edwards voted Nay

H.R. 2070 (112th): World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2012

Passed 386/26 on Jan 24, 2012.

Edwards voted No

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack ...

Edwards voted Nay

S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010

Passed 304/118 on Sep 29, 2010.

Edwards voted No

H.Con.Res. 131 (111th): Directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the ...

Passed 410/8 on Jul 9, 2009.

Missed Votes

From Jun 2008 to Dec 2016, Edwards missed 123 of 6,054 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2016. 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2008 Apr-Jun	44	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	2	1.0%	26^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	78^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	2	1.1%	34^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	1	0.3%	9^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	2	0.7%	24^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	5	2.0%	43^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	12^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	3	2.0%	49^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	2	0.9%	44^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	2	0.7%	34^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	1	0.5%	18^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	5	3.3%	69^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	4	1.3%	47^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	3	2.0%	57^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	3	5.9%	71^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	22	10.2%	94^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	6	4.1%	71^st
2014 Apr-Jun	219	9	4.1%	73^rd
2014 Jul-Sep	147	4	2.7%	70^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	3	2.1%	49^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	12	4.9%	84^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	3	1.7%	62^nd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	10	7.3%	73^rd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	13	6.4%	79^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	21^st
2016 Nov-Dec	48	3	6.2%	79^th

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
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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