Rep. Rahm Emanuel

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Emanuel 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). Emanuel is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

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

• H.Res. 1527 (110th): Congratulating the members of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams on ...
• H.Res. 1426 (110th): Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of ...
• H.R. 6570 (110th): New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act
• H.Res. 1342 (110th): Electing certain Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
• H.R. 6371 (110th): Earned Income Credit Information Act of 2008
• H.Res. 1256 (110th): Electing certain Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
• H.R. 6036 (110th): Lifelong Learning Accounts Act of 2008

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Voting Record

From Jan 2003 to Dec 2008, Emanuel missed 146 of 4,311 roll call votes, which is 3.4%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2008. 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
• Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills