Peter Visclosky, Representative for Indiana's 1st Congressional District

Visclosky is the representative for Indiana’s 1^st congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 1985. Visclosky is next up for reelection in 2018.

Alleged misconduct & resolution

In 2009 Visclosky was investigated for soliciting campaign contributions in exchange for legislative outcomes. The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct dismissed the charges.

Dec. 2, 2009	House Office of Congressional Ethics recommended the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct further review the allegations
Feb. 26, 2010	House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct dismissed the charges on the OCE's recommendation

Analysis

Read our 2017 Report Card for Visclosky.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% NIAC Action: A American Civil Liberties Union: 88% Human Rights Campaign: 88% League of Conservation Voters: 80% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 33% NumbersUSA: 26% FreedomWorks: 15% Americans for Prosperity: 7% The Club for Growth: 0%

Committee Membership

Peter Visclosky sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Appropriations
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Defense
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies

Enacted Legislation

Visclosky was the primary sponsor of 10 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Visclosky sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (71%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (29%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Visclosky’s Vote	Vote Description
No	S. 612: A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the “George P. Kazen Federal Building ... Dec 8, 2016. Passed 360/61.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Nay	H.R. 2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 Mar 26, 2015. Passed 392/37. Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), (H.R. 2, Pub.L. 114–10) commonly called the Permanent Doc Fix, is a law that establishes a new way to pay doctors who treat Medicare patients, revising the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. It reform is the ...
No	H.R. 33: Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act Feb 27, 2015. Passed 357/60. This bill was the vehicle for the passage of continuing appropriations. This bill started out as the Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act. It was passed by the House in this form. But on Feb 27, 2015 the Senate struck its text in whole ...
Nay	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
No	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Nay	S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.
Nay	H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008. Jun 27, 2007. Passed 365/59.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1985 to Sep 2018, Visclosky missed 421 of 20,734 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1985 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	0	0.0%	0^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	0	0.0%	0^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	0	0.0%	0^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	2	1.2%	7^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	5	3.9%	71^st
1989 Oct-Nov	121	3	2.5%	37^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	2	3.3%	61^st
1990 Apr-Jun	150	3	2.0%	39^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	6	3.3%	58^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	1	0.7%	33^rd
1991 Jan-Mar	62	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	1	1.2%	12^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	1	1.5%	37^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	1	0.5%	15^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	3	2.4%	44^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	2	1.2%	48^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	22^nd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	16^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	18^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	4	2.8%	49^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	3	5.9%	80^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	1	0.4%	18^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	36^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	3	1.6%	49^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	5	4.5%	67^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	6	3.3%	58^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	1	0.6%	24^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	3	1.7%	49^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	12^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	9	5.5%	85^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	51^st
1998 Apr-Jun	185	5	2.7%	54^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	16^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	8	10.8%	96^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	4	2.2%	53^rd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	2	1.0%	41^st
1999 Oct-Nov	146	5	3.4%	61^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	5	1.8%	46^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	17	16.8%	80^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	12	8.9%	91^st
2001 Jul-Sep	149	6	4.0%	74^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	7	4.6%	70^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	1	1.3%	34^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	2	1.0%	24^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	1	0.7%	24^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	41^st
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	1	0.4%	19^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	11	7.3%	76^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	6	2.7%	51^st
2004 Jul-Sep	161	4	2.5%	41^st
2004 Oct-Dec	58	4	6.9%	66^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	1	0.7%	27^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	6	3.7%	59^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	3	3.7%	71^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	7	2.5%	59^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	2	0.9%	36^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	1	0.3%	8^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	11	3.5%	73^rd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	14	5.3%	73^rd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	8	5.4%	69^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	8	2.5%	48^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	2	1.0%	26^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	78^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	51^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	1	0.3%	9^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	4	1.6%	35^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	1	0.5%	13^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	14	6.4%	78^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	5	3.3%	67^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	11	3.9%	82^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	4	1.6%	54^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	13	6.2%	83^rd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	17	11.3%	92^nd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	32^nd
2012 Nov-Dec	51	7	13.7%	91^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	15	7.5%	89^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	9	6.6%	85^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	2	1.4%	40^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	68^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	1	0.7%	28^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	1	0.7%	26^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	7	2.9%	73^rd
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	3	1.7%	61^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	2	1.5%	32^nd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	2	1.0%	32^nd
2016 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	63^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	9	4.3%	80^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	8	5.9%	85^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	37^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	18	10.8%	93^rd
2018 Jan-Mar	129	2	1.6%	38^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	6	3.3%	56^th
2018 Jul-Sep	86	2	2.3%	54^th

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

Peter Visclosky is pronounced:

PEE-ter // vis-KLAW-skee

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
AW aw	law
EE ee	meet
ER er	her
I i	pin
K k	king
L l	leg
P p	pen
S s	sit
T t	top
V v	van

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

Rep. Peter Visclosky

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