Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Swalwell 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). Swalwell is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Swalwell for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Eric Swalwell sits on the following committees:
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House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Central Intelligence Agency
- Member, Subcommittee on Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture
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House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy
- Member, Subcommittee on Research and Technology
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Swalwell sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (31%) Taxation (23%) Energy (15%) Labor and Employment (15%) Commerce (15%)
Recent Bills
Some of Swalwell’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5899: Strengthening Forgiveness for Public Servants Act
- H.R. 5898: Know Your Repayment Options Act
- H.R. 5201: Fairness in Forgiveness Act of 2016
- H.Res. 587: MOBILE Resolution
- H.R. 3990: Start-up America’s Students Act
- H.R. 3280: WIRED Act
- H.R. 2687: Securing Energy Critical Elements and American Jobs Act of 2015
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Voting Record
From Jan 2013 to Sep 2016, Swalwell missed 55 of 2,470 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 10 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