Rep. Gary Palmer

Representative from Alabama’s 6^th District, Republican

Palmer, a Republican, has been the representative for Alabama's 6^th congressional district since Jan 6, 2015 (next election in 2016) (map).

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Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Palmer 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). Palmer is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Palmer for more statistics.

Committee Membership

Gary Palmer sits on the following committees:

House Committee on the Budget
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Member, Subcommittee on The Interior
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Environment
- Member, Subcommittee on Research and Technology

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Palmer sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (100%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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From Jan 2015 to Sep 2016, Palmer missed 5 of 1,259 roll call votes, which is 0.4%. This is better 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
2015 Jan-Mar	144	1	0.7%	25^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	3	2.2%	44^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	214	1	0.5%	24^th

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

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