Rep. Peter Roskam
Former Representative for Illinois’s 6th District
pronounced PEE-ter // ROSS-kum
Roskam was the representative for Illinois’s 6th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2007 to 2018.
![Photo of Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL6, 2007-2018]](/static/legislator-photos/412202-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Roskam.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Roskam is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2018 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 Roskam sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2013 to Dec 21, 2018. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Roskam was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 6167 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5707 South Cass Avenue in Westmont, Illinois, as the “James William Robinson Jr. Memorial Post …
- H.R. 5773 (115th): Preventing Addiction for Susceptible Seniors Act of 2018
- H.R. 5716 (115th): COMPASS Act
- H.R. 5725 (115th): BEST Act
- H.R. 3718 (114th): Preventing and Reducing Improper Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures to Restore Integrity to Benefits Act of 2015
- H.R. 2139 (112th): Lions Clubs International Century of Service Commemorative Coin Act
Does 6 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Roskam sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (35%) Health (27%) International Affairs (21%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (8%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Roskam recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 6690 (115th): Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for Seniors Act of 2018
- H.R. 6311 (115th): Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act …
- H.R. 6301 (115th): Promoting High-Value Health Care Through Flexibility for High Deductible Health Plans Act …
- H.R. 6167 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at …
- H.R. 5924 (115th): Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2018
- H.R. 5773 (115th): Preventing Addiction for Susceptible Seniors Act of 2018
- H.R. 5716 (115th): COMPASS Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2007 to Dec 2018, Roskam missed 297 of 8,876 roll call votes, which is 3.3%. This is on par with the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2018. 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
