Rep. Ed Case

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 Report Card for Case.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

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

The chart is based on the bills Case has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to May 22, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Ed Case sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Appropriations
  Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Legislative Branch, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies subcommittees
• House Committee on Natural Resources
  For Indigenous Peoples of the United States, National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, Water, Oceans, and Wildlife subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Case was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 2619 (108th): Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2004
• H.R. 2030 (108th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 Baldwin Avenue in Paia, Maui, Hawaii, as the “Patsy Takemoto Mink Post Office Building”.

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Does 2 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Case sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Transportation and Public Works (40%) Immigration (20%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (20%) Science, Technology, Communications (20%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 6738: Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2020
• H.R. 6603: Ka`ena Point National Heritage Area Act
• H.R. 5498: Noncontiguous Shipping Relief Act of 2019
• H.R. 5506: Hawaii Invasive Species Protection Act
• H.R. 5499: Noncontiguous Shipping Reasonable Rate Act of 2019
• H.R. 5500: Noncontiguous Shipping Competition Act
• H.R. 5211: Sustainable Budget Act of 2019

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to May 2020, Case missed 152 of 3,245 roll call votes, which is 4.7%. This is much worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. 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.

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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
• Office of the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills