Glenn Thompson, Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District

Thompson is the representative for Pennsylvania’s 5^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 6, 2009. Thompson is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Thompson.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

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

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 93% Americans for Prosperity: 78% FreedomWorks: 70% The Club for Growth: 62% NumbersUSA: 62% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 11% League of Conservation Voters: 5% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 4% Human Rights Campaign: 0%

Committee Membership

Glenn Thompson sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Agriculture
- Chair, Subcommittee on Nutrition
- Member, Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry
House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
- Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development
House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Federal Lands

Enacted Legislation

Thompson 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 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Thompson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (24%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (21%) Armed Forces and National Security (14%) Education (14%) Agriculture and Food (14%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (7%) Labor and Employment (7%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Thompson’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 620: ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 Feb 15, 2018. Passed 225/192. A bill which just passed the House would update the law for disabled Americans for modern times, say Republicans. Democrats say it would set disabled Americans’ civil rights back decades. #### Context The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, more commonly called the ADA, was ...
Nay	H.R. 308: Keep the Promise Act of 2015 Nov 16, 2015. Failed 263/146.
Yea	H.R. 1314: Trade Act of 2015 Oct 28, 2015. Passed 266/167. This vote turned this bill into the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, by replacing the text of the bill in whole. H.R. 1314 was previously the Trade Act of 2015.
Aye	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. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
No	H.R. 3521 (112th): Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2012 Feb 8, 2012. Passed 254/173.
No	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 ...
Yea	H.Res. 1184 (111th): Congratulating the 2009-2010 University of Maryland Men’s Basketball Team, Greivis Vasquez, and Coach Gary Williams on an ... Mar 17, 2010. Passed 279/132.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2009 to Sep 2018, Thompson missed 62 of 6,899 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 2.4% 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
2009 Jan-Mar	174	6	3.4%	68^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	6	2.0%	45^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	1	0.4%	13^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	1	0.4%	12^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	10	5.1%	72^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	21^st
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	1	0.4%	18^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	4	1.6%	54^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	24^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	3	2.2%	56^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	15	6.8%	82^nd
2014 Jul-Sep	147	1	0.7%	28^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	1	0.7%	34^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	31^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	1	0.7%	18^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	1	0.7%	31^st
2017 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	37^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	4	3.1%	56^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	35^th
2018 Jul-Sep	86	0	0.0%	0^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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

Glenn Thompson is pronounced:

glen // TOMP-sun

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
E e	bed
G g	get
L l	leg
M m	man
N n	not
O o	top
P p	pen
S s	sit
T t	top
U u	cup

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

Rep. Glenn Thompson

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