Frederica Wilson, Representative for Florida's 24th Congressional District

Wilson is the representative for Florida’s 24^th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2013. Wilson is next up for reelection in 2018.

She was previously the representative for Florida’s 17^th congressional district as a Democrat from 2011 to 2012.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Wilson.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Wilson 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 Wilson has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% American Civil Liberties Union: 94% NIAC Action: A League of Conservation Voters: 91% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 37% NumbersUSA: 15% FreedomWorks: 11% Americans for Prosperity: 4% The Club for Growth: 0%

Committee Membership

Frederica Wilson sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
- Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
- Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

Enacted Legislation

Wilson was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

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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 about one third or more 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

Wilson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Education (29%) Labor and Employment (24%) International Affairs (18%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Taxation (7%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (4%) Crime and Law Enforcement (4%) Families (4%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Wilson’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 4566: Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act Mar 20, 2018. Passed 395/19. H.R. 4566 amends Title I of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) to exempt nonbank financial institutions not under the supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) from the Dodd-Frank Act's stress-testing requirements. Additionally, ...
Yea	H.R. 3312: Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 Dec 19, 2017. Passed 288/130.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Yea	H.R. 685: Mortgage Choice Act of 2015 Apr 14, 2015. Passed 286/140.
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay	H.R. 6156 (112th): Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 Nov 16, 2012. Passed 365/43. The Magnitsky Act, formally known as the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012, is a bipartisan bill passed by the U.S. Congress and President Obama in November–December 2012, intending to punish Russian officials responsible for the ...
Nay	H.R. 3630 (112th): Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Feb 17, 2012. Passed 293/132.
No	H.R. 2218 (112th): Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act Sep 13, 2011. Passed 365/54.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Apr 2018, Wilson missed 393 of 4,994 roll call votes, which is 7.9%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2011 Jan-Mar	212	31	14.6%	99^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	3	1.1%	44^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	9	3.6%	78^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	74	35.6%	100^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	4	2.6%	63^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	9	3.0%	66^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	2	1.3%	47^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	3	5.9%	71^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	6	6.7%	83^rd
2013 Apr-Jun	215	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	4	2.0%	62^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	43^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	8	5.4%	79^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	5	2.3%	59^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	3	2.0%	61^st
2014 Nov-Dec	49	2	4.1%	76^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	15	10.4%	93^rd
2015 Apr-Jun	244	8	3.3%	77^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	6	4.3%	79^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	9	5.1%	89^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	16	11.7%	87^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	49	24.0%	98^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	8	3.4%	80^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	4	8.3%	89^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	11	5.3%	85^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	9	6.6%	88^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	53^rd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	41	24.6%	99^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	44	34.1%	99^th
2018 Apr-Apr	20	6	30.0%	96^th

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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Frederica Wilson is pronounced:

fred-JREE-kuh // WIL-sun

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
D d	day
E e	bed
EE ee	meet
F f	fat
I i	pin
J j	jam
K k	king
L l	leg
N n	not
R r	rag
S s	sit
U u	cup
UH uh	cup
W w	will

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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