Jackie Speier, Representative for California's 14th Congressional District

Analysis

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

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Speier for more statistics.

Committee Membership

Jackie Speier sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Armed Services
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Member, Subcommittee on Military Personnel
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Member, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats
- Member, Subcommittee on National Security Agency and Cybersecurity

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Speier sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (22%) Health (20%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Crime and Law Enforcement (14%) Commerce (10%) Education (10%) Agriculture and Food (8%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (4%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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From Apr 2008 to Sep 2016, Speier missed 656 of 6,243 roll call votes, which is 10.5%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 17 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2008 Apr-Jun	292	80	27.4%	99^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	5	2.4%	49^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	78^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	23	13.2%	97^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	41	13.5%	97^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	18	6.7%	89^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	24	9.8%	91^st
2010 Jan-Mar	195	24	12.3%	93^rd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	18	8.2%	85^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	11	7.3%	86^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	33	33.3%	98^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	16	7.5%	96^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	20	7.1%	92^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	34	13.8%	97^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	17	8.2%	89^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	16	10.6%	91^st
2012 Apr-Jun	299	35	11.7%	94^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	34	22.4%	98^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	7	13.7%	91^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	16	18.0%	95^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	28	13.0%	96^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	7	3.5%	74^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	5	3.6%	69^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	9	6.1%	83^rd
2014 Apr-Jun	219	13	5.9%	78^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	8	5.4%	83^rd
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	54^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	39	27.1%	98^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	7	2.9%	74^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	14	10.1%	90^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	7	4.0%	83^rd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	17	12.4%	87^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	19	9.3%	87^th
2016 Jul-Sep	221	9	4.1%	80^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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