![Photo of Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA2]](/data/photos/412677-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Read our 2016 Report Card for Evans.
Committee Membership
Dwight Evans sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Small Business
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access
- Member, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce
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House Committee on Agriculture
- Member, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture
- Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Evans sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Commerce (100%)
Recent Bills
Some of Evans’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 3532: No Conflict of Interest Presidency Act of 2017
- H.R. 2780: To amend the Small Business Act to create certain requirements for Federal agencies ...
- H.R. 2655: Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017
- H.R. 1702: Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2017
- H.R. 922: Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2017
Voting Record
Key Votes
| Evans’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| Nay |
H.R. 1842: Strengthening Children’s Safety Act of 2017
May 22, 2017. Passed 371/30.
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| Nay |
H.R. 1039: Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017
May 19, 2017. Passed 229/177.
H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe that person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer while performing their official duties. The bill also would direct the ... |
| Nay |
H.R. 1304: Self-Insurance Protection Act
Apr 5, 2017. Passed 400/16.
H.R. 1304 clarifies that federal regulators cannot redefine “stop-loss” insurance as “health insurance coverage” under federal law. Specifically, the legislation amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), and the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to continue allowing ... |
| Not Voting |
S. 612: A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the “George P. Kazen Federal Building ...
Dec 8, 2016. Passed 360/61.
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| Aye |
H.Res. 937: Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 2943) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department ...
Dec 1, 2016. Passed 277/139.
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Missed Votes
From Nov 2016 to Sep 2017, Evans missed 8 of 576 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. 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.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Office of Dwight Evans for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills
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