Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Thompson 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). Thompson is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Thompson for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Mike Thompson sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Ways and Means
- Member, Subcommittee on Health
- Member, Subcommittee on Tax Policy
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Thompson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (26%) Taxation (24%) Health (12%) Education (9%) Immigration (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (6%) Agriculture and Food (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Thompson’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 882: Encouraging the observance of the week beginning on October 9, 2016, as “National ...
- H.R. 5900: Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2016
- H.R. 5610: Earthquake Mitigation Tax Incentive Act of 2016
- H.R. 5504: To require that certain information relating to terrorism investigations be included in the ...
- H.R. 5291: Airline Consumer Protection Act of 2016
- H.Res. 734: Recognizing and honoring the historical significance of the 40th anniversary of the Judgment ...
- H.R. 4934: Wine Excise Tax Modernization Act of 2016
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Voting Record
From Jan 1999 to Sep 2016, Thompson missed 170 of 12,263 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 91 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