Visclosky was the representative for Indiana’s 1st congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1985 to 2020.
![Photo of Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN1, 1985-2020]](/static/legislator-photos/400417-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 Report Card for Visclosky.
Enacted Legislation
Visclosky was the primary sponsor of 12 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 7617 (116th): Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021
- H.R. 2968 (116th): Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020
- H.R. 4887 (114th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 23323 Shelby Road in Shelby, Indiana, as the “Richard Allen Cable Post Office”.
- H.R. 6045 (110th): Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008
- H.R. 5472 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2650 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, as the “Julia M. Carson Post …
- H.R. 1636 (110th): United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program Act of 2007
- H.R. 2358 (106th): To designate the United States Post Office located at 3813 Main Street in East Chicago, Indiana, as the “Lance Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office”.
Does 12 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
Visclosky sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (60%) Armed Forces and National Security (40%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Visclosky recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 7617 (116th): Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General …
- H.Res. 618 (116th): Congratulating the peoples of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic on …
- H.R. 3926 (116th): Consider Teachers Act
- H.R. 2968 (116th): Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020
- H.R. 684 (116th): Indiana Dunes National Park Act
- H.R. 1488 (115th): Indiana Dunes National Park Act
- H.R. 6291 (114th): Indiana Dunes National Park Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1985 to Dec 2020, Visclosky missed 435 of 21,789 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2020. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
