Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Vargas 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). Vargas is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Vargas for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Juan Vargas sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- House Committee on House Administration
- Joint Committee on Printing
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Vargas sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (32%) Armed Forces and National Security (18%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (14%) Health (14%) Immigration (14%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Vargas’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6093: NATS Act
- H.R. 6092: Healthcare Opportunities for Patriots in Exile (HOPE) Act
- H.R. 6091: Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System (I-VETS) Act
- H.R. 5629: California New River Restoration Act of 2016
- H.R. 4753: Wounded Warrior Housing Reform Act of 2016
- H.R. 4060: Imperial Valley Desert Conservation and Recreation Act of 2015
- H.R. 3731: RaD Fund Act
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Voting Record
From Jan 2013 to Sep 2016, Vargas missed 37 of 2,481 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 1 explanation 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