Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Wilson 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). Wilson is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Wilson for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Joe Wilson sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Armed Services
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- Member, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
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House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
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House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
- Member, Subcommittee on The Middle East and North Africa
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Wilson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Foreign Trade and International Finance (61%) Armed Forces and National Security (18%) International Affairs (15%) Energy (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Wilson’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6123: To congressionally designate the museum to preserve the stories, knowledge, and history of ...
- H.R. 6068: To prohibit funding for the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization ...
- H.Res. 806: Expressing condolences for the killing of the British Member of Parliament (MP) Jo ...
- H.R. 4022: National Labor Relations Board Reform Act
- H.R. 3994: SPY Car Study Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 78: Expressing the sense of Congress that the President in consultation with the Department ...
- H.R. 2708: To direct the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a study on cyber ...
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Voting Record
From Dec 2001 to Sep 2016, Wilson missed 208 of 10,528 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 85 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