Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Amash 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). Amash is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Amash for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Justin Amash sits on the following committees:
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Amash sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Economics and Public Finance (25%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (19%) Finance and Financial Sector (19%) Crime and Law Enforcement (13%) International Affairs (13%) Government Operations and Politics (13%)
Recent Bills
Some of Amash’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5759: Readable Legislation Act of 2016
- H.R. 5760: Searchable Legislation Act of 2016
- H.R. 5179: No Fly for Terrorists Act
- H.R. 4380: Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2016
- H.R. 4350: To repeal the Cybersecurity Act of 2015.
- H.R. 3097: Commemorative Coins Reform Act of 2015
- H.J.Res. 57: Constitutional Alternative to the War Powers Iraq and Syria Withdrawal Resolution
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Voting Record
From Jan 2011 to Sep 2016, Amash missed 0 of 4,069 roll call votes, which is 0.0%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. 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