Rep. Ed Whitfield

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Whitfield.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Whitfield is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2016 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 Whitfield sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 30, 2016. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

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

• H.R. 1725 (114th): National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015
• H.R. 4250 (113th): Sunscreen Innovation Act
• H.R. 1132 (109th): National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005
• H.R. 624 (105th): Armored Car Reciprocity Amendments of 1998
• H.R. 4234 (105th): To require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a plan to ensure that all amounts accrued on the books of the United States Enrichment Corporation …
• H.R. 2624 (105th): Disapproval bill
• H.R. 2869 (104th): To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Kentucky.

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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

Whitfield sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (39%) Energy (16%) Environmental Protection (16%) Labor and Employment (8%) Transportation and Public Works (5%) Animals (5%) Taxation (5%) Economics and Public Finance (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Whitfield recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.J.Res. 72 (114th): Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States …
• H.J.Res. 71 (114th): Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States …
• H.R. 2042 (114th): Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015
• H.R. 1725 (114th): National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015
• H.R. 1726 (114th): Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2015
• H.R. 1727 (114th): Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2015
• H.R. 1456 (114th): Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2015

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 1995 to Jul 2016, Whitfield missed 534 of 14,694 roll call votes, which is 3.6%. This is worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jul 2016. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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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