Rep. Ed Perlmutter

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Perlmutter 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 ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Perlmutter has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 20, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Ed Perlmutter sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Financial Services
  • Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions subcommittee Chair
• House Committee on Rules
  • Rules and Organization of the House subcommittee Vice Chair
• House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
  Investigations and Oversight, Space and Aeronautics subcommittees
• House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress

Enacted Legislation

Perlmutter was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 7560 (116th): Guaranteeing Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act of 2020
• H.R. 5260 (116th): PROSWIFT Act
• H.R. 3150 (115th): Helicopter Fuel System Safety Act
• H.R. 1408 (114th): Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act of 2015
• H.R. 233 (114th): Tenant Income Verification Relief Act of 2015
• H.R. 5062 (113th): Examination and Supervisory Privilege Parity Act of 2014
• H.R. 4240 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10799 West Alameda Avenue in Lakewood, Colorado, as the “Felix Sparks Post Office Building”.

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Does 7 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

Perlmutter sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Finance and Financial Sector (21%) Health (18%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Private Legislation (11%) Science, Technology, Communications (11%) Transportation and Public Works (11%) Energy (7%) Education (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Perlmutter recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.Res. 1017: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3617) to decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, …
• H.Res. 860: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1836) to amend title 38, United …
• H.R. 6325: For the relief of Melecio Andazola-Morales.
• H.R. 5756: Portal for Appraisal Licensing Act of 2021
• H.R. 4719: Space Resources Institute Act
• H.Res. 543: Expressing support for the designation of July 20, 2021, as “National Heroes Day” …
• H.R. 4155: Green Neighborhoods Act of 2021

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2007 to May 2022, Perlmutter missed 372 of 10,511 roll call votes, which is 3.5%. This is worse than the median of 2.1% 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
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills