![Photo of Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL24]](/static/legislator-photos/412412-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 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 from Jan 6, 2015 to Nov 15, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Frederica Wilson sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Education and Labor
- Chair, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
- Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
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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:
- H.R. 3833 (114th): To require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram.
- H.R. 1092 (114th): To designate the Federal building located at 2030 Southwest 145th Avenue in Miramar, Florida, as the “Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove Federal Building”.
- H.R. 4030 (113th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 18640 NW 2nd Avenue in Miami, Florida, as the “Father Richard Marquess-Barry Post Office Building”.
Does 3 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Wilson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (30%) Labor and Employment (20%) International Affairs (15%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Health (7%) Taxation (7%) Housing and Community Development (6%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Wilson’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 609: Expressing support to designate the week of September 22 through September 28, 2019, ...
- H.R. 4578: Build Effective Teachers Through Essential Reforms to Teacher Education Assistance for College and ...
- H.R. 4579: Quality Higher Education Act of 2019
- H.R. 4303: Bahamas TPS Act of 2019
- H.R. 3027: Student Loan Borrowers’ Bill of Rights Act of 2019
- H.Res. 375: Recognizing the Fifth Anniversary of the Chibok Girls Kidnapping by the Boko Haram ...
- H.R. 2688: Salad Bars in Schools Expansion Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Nov 2019, Wilson missed 552 of 5,969 roll call votes, which is 9.2%. This is much 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.
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
