Rep. Matt Salmon

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2016 Report Card for Salmon.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Salmon is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2016 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Salmon sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 30, 2016. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Salmon was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 1853 (114th): To direct the President to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan in the International Criminal Police Organization, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 2816 (106th): Computer Crime Enforcement Act

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Does 2 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

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

Salmon sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (28%) Education (20%) Environmental Protection (11%) Immigration (9%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%) Taxation (8%) Health (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Salmon recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.Res. 955 (114th): Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the progress of …
• H.Con.Res. 176 (114th): Honoring in praise and remembrance the extraordinary life, steady leadership, and remarkable, …
• H.R. 6281 (114th): BANK Act of 2016
• H.R. 5891 (114th): To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using funds to carry out …
• H.R. 5890 (114th): Asia-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative Act of 2016
• H.R. 5680 (114th): Increasing Local Autonomy for Shore Protection Act of 2016
• H.R. 5609 (114th): To prohibit any appropriation of funds to the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 1995 to Dec 2016, Salmon missed 215 of 6,270 roll call votes, which is 3.4%. This is worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2016. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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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