Rep. Michael Guest

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 Report Card for Guest.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Guest 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 Guest has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jul 2, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Michael Guest sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Ethics
• House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment, Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade subcommittees
• House Committee on Homeland Security
  Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations, Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Guest was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

• H.R. 1590: Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel Exercise Act of 2019

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Does 1 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

Guest sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (50%) Crime and Law Enforcement (50%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.Res. 1002: Strongly condemning the recent acts of violence, riots, and looting in the United ...
• H.R. 7208: PPP Access for Rural Hospitals Act
• H.R. 3990: Operation Stonegarden Authorization Act
• H.Res. 383: Expressing support for recognizing the week of May 13 through May 19, 2019, ...
• H.R. 2246: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 ...
• H.R. 2067: Aid for Trade Act of 2019
• H.R. 2068: Security Partner Modernization Act

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2019 to Jul 2020, Guest missed 14 of 839 roll call votes, which is 1.7%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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

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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
• Office of Michael Guest for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills