Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Cartwright 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). Cartwright is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Cartwright for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Matthew Cartwright sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Federal Lands
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House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules
- Member, Subcommittee on The Interior
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Cartwright sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (18%) Health (18%) Armed Forces and National Security (17%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Environmental Protection (10%) Finance and Financial Sector (8%) Energy (8%) Transportation and Public Works (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Cartwright’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6136: To provide for USA Retirement Funds, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 6035: Community Integration Act of 2016
- H.R. 5959: BRAVE Act
- H.R. 5796: Fair Debt Collections Practices Clarification Act of 2016
- H.R. 5655: Addiction Prevention and Responsible Opioid Practices Act
- H.R. 5656: TRASH Act
- H.R. 5500: Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act
View All » (including bills from previous years)
Voting Record
From Jan 2013 to Sep 2016, Cartwright missed 38 of 2,463 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. 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