![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...
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. 1862: Global Child Protection Act of 2017
May 22, 2017. Passed 372/30.
H.R. 1862 increases the coverage of current laws relating to unlawful sexual conduct with minors during foreign travel. Under current law, certain types of sexual contact are not covered under the criminal definition of “illicit sexual conduct.” This bill expands the definition to include this ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 Jul 2017, Evans missed 8 of 456 roll call votes, which is 1.8%. This is on par with 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