Rep. Kurt Schrader

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Schrader.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Schrader 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 liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Schrader has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jun 18, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Kurt Schrader sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
  • Member, Subcommittee on Energy
  • Member, Subcommittee on Health

Enacted Legislation

Schrader was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 937: Right Rebate Act of 2019
• H.R. 3212 (114th): To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 3211 (114th): To provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon.
• H.R. 1528 (113th): Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act of 2014

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Schrader sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (29%) Government Operations and Politics (19%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (16%) Armed Forces and National Security (16%) Native Americans (6%) International Affairs (6%) Education (6%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 2564: Medicare Enrollment Protection Act
• H.R. 1160: Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
• H.R. 937: Right Rebate Act of 2019
• H.R. 938: BLOCKING Act of 2019
• H.R. 693: PAST Act
• H.R. 210: Presidential Inaugural Committee Oversight Act
• H.R. 211: Hold Congress Accountable Act

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2009 to Jun 2019, Schrader missed 270 of 7,344 roll call votes, which is 3.7%. This is worse than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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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