Rep. Mike Gallagher

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Gallagher.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Gallagher 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 ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Gallagher has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 23, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Mike Gallagher sits on the following committees:

• House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Chair
• House Committee on Armed Services
• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Enacted Legislation

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

• H.R. 1346: COVID–19 Origin Act of 2023
• H.R. 1341 (117th): Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act
• H.R. 3342 (115th): Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act
• H.R. 873 (115th): Global War on Terrorism War Memorial Act

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Does 4 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

Gallagher sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (34%) Armed Forces and National Security (15%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Transportation and Public Works (12%) Health (8%) Immigration (7%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (6%) Crime and Law Enforcement (4%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Gallagher recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 1346: COVID–19 Origin Act of 2023
• H.Res. 168: Providing amounts for the expenses of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition …
• H.R. 1180: Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2023
• H.R. 1081: ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act
• H.R. 915: Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act
• H.R. 332: Supporting Mexico Against Corruption Act
• H.R. 331: Illicit Arms Trafficking Security Enforcement Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2017 to Mar 2023, Gallagher missed 77 of 3,324 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is worse than the median of 1.5% 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, 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
• Wikipedia entry on Mike Gallagher for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills