Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Tonko 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). Tonko is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Tonko for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Paul Tonko sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Power
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Research and Technology
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Tonko sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (26%) Energy (21%) Health (18%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Government Operations and Politics (6%) Water Resources Development (6%) Education (6%) Environmental Protection (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Tonko’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5902: Disability Community Act of 2016
- H.R. 4653: Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2016
- H.R. 4423: Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2016
- H.R. 4349: Coordinating Crisis Care Act
- H.R. 3420: Weatherization Enhancement, and Local Energy Efficiency Investment and Accountability Act
- H.R. 2961: To establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency ...
- H.R. 2622: Fort McClellan Health Registry Act
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Voting Record
From Jan 2009 to Sep 2016, Tonko missed 34 of 5,719 roll call votes, which is 0.6%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 10 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