Meijer was the representative for Michigan’s 3rd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2021 to 2022.
![Photo of Rep. Peter Meijer [R-MI3, 2021-2022]](/static/legislator-photos/456826-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Meijer.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Meijer is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2022 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 Meijer sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Dec 27, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Meijer sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (43%) Commerce (29%) Immigration (29%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Meijer recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 9066 (117th): Retirement Savings Modernization Act
- H.Res. 1328 (117th): Requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of Homeland Security, to transmit …
- H.R. 8536 (117th): Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Department of State Act
- H.R. 7339 (117th): Responsible BUILD Act
- H.Res. 945 (117th): Condemning Members of the Russian Duma and Federation Council who voted to …
- H.Res. 928 (117th): Requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of Homeland Security, to transmit …
- H.R. 4661 (117th): National Supply Chain Database Act of 2021
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2021 to Dec 2022, Meijer missed 5 of 998 roll call votes, which is 0.5%. This is better than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2022. 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.
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
- House of Representatives for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
