Wilson is the representative for South Carolina’s 2nd congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Dec 18, 2001. Wilson is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC2]](/static/legislator-photos/400433-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Wilson 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 ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Wilson has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Sep 30, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Joe Wilson sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism subcommittee Ranking Member
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House Committee on Armed Services
Readiness, Strategic Forces subcommittees
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House Committee on Education and Labor
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions subcommittees
Enacted Legislation
Wilson was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 7611: Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022
- H.R. 6753: Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022
- H.R. 553 (116th): Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act
- H.R. 6141 (115th): To require the Secretary of Energy to develop a report on a pilot program to site, construct, and operate micro-reactors at critical national security locations, and for …
- H.R. 2487 (115th): Military Family Stability Act
- H.R. 497 (110th): Brigadier General Francis Marion Memorial Act of 2007
- H.R. 917 (108th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1830 South Lake Drive in Lexington, South Carolina, as the “Floyd Spence Post Office Building”.
Does 7 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Wilson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (72%) Armed Forces and National Security (18%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Wilson recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 9140: To prohibit persons from accepting compensation for serving as an agent of, or …
- H.R. 8342: Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission Improvement Act
- H.R. 7994: PERFORMS Act
- H.Res. 1113: Calling on the Secretary of State to designate the Russian Federation as a …
- H.R. 7611: Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022
- H.Res. 989: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States policy should …
- H.R. 7111: Employee Privacy Protection Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Dec 2001 to Sep 2022, Wilson missed 294 of 13,667 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
