Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Gutiérrez 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). Gutiérrez is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Gutiérrez for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Luis Gutiérrez sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on the Judiciary
- Member, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations
- Member, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
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House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Member, Subcommittee on Central Intelligence Agency
- Member, Subcommittee on Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Gutiérrez sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Private Legislation (100%)
Recent Bills
Some of Gutiérrez’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 476: Supporting the establishment of a national Children’s Bill of Rights.
- H.R. 3659: Exchange Inclusion for a Healthy America Act of 2015
- H.R. 1910: Put a Woman on the Twenty Act of 2015
- H.R. 1146: For the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania Simeonova.
- H.R. 3238 (113th): For the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania ...
- H.R. 3207 (113th): Benefits Fairness for Filipino Veterans Act of 2013
- H.R. 965 (113th): To prohibit the possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as ...
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Voting Record
From Jan 1993 to Sep 2016, Gutiérrez missed 1,982 of 15,901 roll call votes, which is 12.5%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 436 explanations 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