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Rep. Katherine Clark

Representative from Massachusetts’s 5^th District, Democrat

Clark, a Democrat, has been the representative for Massachusetts's 5^th congressional district since Dec 12, 2013 (next election in 2016) (map).

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Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Clark has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her 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). Clark is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

Katherine Clark sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
- Member, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy
- Member, Subcommittee on Research and Technology

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Clark sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (46%) Education (31%) Health (23%)

Recent Bills

Some of Clark’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Dec 2013 to Apr 2016, Clark missed 35 of 1,410 roll call votes, which is 2.5%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 3 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2013 Oct-Dec	4	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	1	0.7%	23^rd
2014 Apr-Jun	219	16	7.3%	84^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	11	7.5%	91^st
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	3	2.1%	49^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	2	1.4%	52^nd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	2	1.5%	32^nd
2016 Apr-Apr	2	0	0.0%	0^th

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
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

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