Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Perlmutter has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his 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). Perlmutter is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Perlmutter for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Ed Perlmutter sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises
- Member, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Perlmutter sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Housing and Community Development (33%) Finance and Financial Sector (25%) Crime and Law Enforcement (13%) Transportation and Public Works (13%) Taxation (8%) International Affairs (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Perlmutter’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6032: Data Breach Insurance Act
- H.R. 5438: Foreign Business Bribery Prohibition Act of 2016
- H.R. 4647: Traditional Banking Regulatory Relief Act of 2015
- H.R. 4574: Helicopter Fuel System Safety Act
- H.R. 4573: Lap Children Safety Research Act
- H.Res. 614: Honoring the Denver Broncos on their victory in Super Bowl 50.
- H.J.Res. 60: Expressing support for designation of a “National Lao-Hmong Recognition Day”.
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Voting Record
From Jan 2007 to Sep 2016, Perlmutter missed 273 of 7,607 roll call votes, which is 3.6%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 55 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