Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Peters has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Peters is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Peters for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Gary Peters sits on the following committees:
- Joint Economic Committee
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness
- Member, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet
- Member, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management
- Member, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Peters sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (21%) Commerce (15%) Taxation (15%) Transportation and Public Works (15%) Finance and Financial Sector (12%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Education (6%) Energy (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Peters’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 3381: National Historic Vehicle Register Act of 2016
- S. 3193: CONNECT Act
- S. 3082: Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act of 2016
- S. 2855: Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Inclusive Outreach Improvement Act of 2016
- S. 2846: Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2016
- S. 2817: Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act
- S. 2665: State and Local Cyber Protection Act of 2016
View All » (including bills from previous years)
Voting Record
From Jan 2015 to Sep 2016, Peters missed 7 of 490 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is on par with the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 85 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