Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills McNerney 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). McNerney is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for McNerney for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Jerry McNerney sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Power
- Member, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy
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House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
McNerney sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (20%) Armed Forces and National Security (18%) Education (14%) Water Resources Development (11%) Environmental Protection (11%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Energy (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of McNerney’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6165: Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2016
- H.R. 6154: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reduce lead in drinking water, ...
- H.R. 5864: Mental Health Training Enhancement for First Responders Act of 2016
- H.R. 5863: SMART Guns Act of 2016
- H.R. 5862: Keep Students in School Act of 2016
- H.R. 5698: STARTUP Vets Act of 2016
- H.R. 5498: Revitalize Our Cities Act
View All » (including bills from previous years)
Voting Record
From Jan 2007 to Sep 2016, McNerney missed 110 of 7,618 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 2 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