Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Edwards has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her 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). Edwards is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Edwards for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Donna Edwards sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Space
- Member, Subcommittee on Environment
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House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Edwards sponsors 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...
- H.R. 2850: Stop Overdose Stat Act of 2015
- H.R. 2521: REAL Act of 2015
- H.R. 2371: Broadening Opportunities Through Education Act
- H.R. 1852: 21st Century Investment Act of 2015
- H.R. 1775: Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2015
- H.R. 1692: Safety, Efficiency, and Accountability in Transportation Projects Through Public Inspection Act of 2015
- H.R. 1492: Child CARE Act
View All » (including bills from previous years)
Voting Record
From Jun 2008 to Sep 2016, Edwards missed 120 of 6,006 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 47 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills