![Photo of Rep. James Baird [R-IN4]](/static/legislator-photos/412777-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Baird 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 Baird has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Nov 20, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
James Baird sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Research and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Environment
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House Committee on Agriculture
- Member, Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research
- Member, Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Baird sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (100%)
Recent Bills
Some of Baird’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4817: VA Directly Returning Opioid Prescriptions Act
- H.R. 4770: CFTC Advisory Committee Improvement Act
- H.Res. 508: Honoring the 50th anniversary of the return of the Indiana Rangers.
- H.R. 3774: The Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Nov 2019, Baird missed 5 of 642 roll call votes, which is 0.8%. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
- Office of James Baird for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
