Rep. Jason Smith

Representative from Missouri’s 8^th District, Republican

Smith, a Republican, has been the representative for Missouri's 8^th congressional district since Jun 4, 2013 (next election in 2016) (map).

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Analysis

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

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Smith for more statistics.

Committee Membership

Jason Smith sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Ways and Means
- Member, Subcommittee on Human Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Smith sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (27%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (27%) Government Operations and Politics (27%) Environmental Protection (18%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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From Jun 2013 to Sep 2016, Smith missed 20 of 2,284 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 4 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
2013 Apr-Jun	107	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	2	1.0%	41^st
2013 Oct-Dec	137	1	0.7%	29^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	35^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	3	2.0%	61^st
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	3	2.1%	49^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	4	1.6%	58^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	2	1.4%	52^nd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	30^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	2	1.5%	32^nd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	0	0.0%	0^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
Office of Jason Smith for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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