Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Wilson has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her 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). Wilson is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Wilson for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Frederica Wilson sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
- Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Wilson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (25%) International Affairs (20%) Labor and Employment (16%) Economics and Public Finance (11%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Taxation (5%) Finance and Financial Sector (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Wilson’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5930: Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act
- H.R. 5535: Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act
- H.Res. 599: Recognizing January 2016 as “National Mentoring Month”, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 570: Recognizing 2016 as the year of the 100th anniversary of the National Association ...
- H.R. 4020: Next Generation High Schools Act
- H.R. 4021: Enhancing Education Through Technology Act of 2015
- H.R. 3993: LEAP Act
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Voting Record
From Jan 2011 to Sep 2016, Wilson missed 276 of 4,087 roll call votes, which is 6.8%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 5 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