Rep. Paul Tonko

Sponsorship 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)

Committee Membership

Paul Tonko sits on the following committees:

• 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
• House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Bills Sponsored

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

• H.R. 823: Educating Tomorrow’s Engineers Act of 2015
• H.R. 5534: Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2014
• H.R. 5459: To authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to Henry Johnson.
• H.R. 4345: Weatherization Enhancement, and Local Energy Efficiency Investment and Accountability Act
• H.R. 3337: LTC Todd J. Clark Hero Flight Act of 2013
• H.R. 3057: Fuel Cell Industrial Vehicle Jobs Act of 2013
• H.R. 2972: Heat is Power Act

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Voting Record

From Jan 2009 to Feb 2015, Tonko missed 25 of 4,566 roll call votes, which is 0.5%. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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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
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills