Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Williams has 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). Williams is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Williams for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Roger Williams sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
- Member, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Williams sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (39%) Finance and Financial Sector (22%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Health (9%) Water Resources Development (9%) Housing and Community Development (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Williams’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5907: Community Mortgage Lender Regulatory Act of 2016
- H.Res. 838: Expressing support for designation of April 11 as “National Pet Adoption Day” and ...
- H.R. 5660: Retail Checking Account Protection Act of 2016
- H.R. 5527: CFPB Rule Accountability Act of 2016
- H.R. 5301: Seller Finance Enhancement Act
- H.Res. 533: Expressing disapproval of the President’s plan to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees.
- H.R. 4077: Medicare Established Provider Act of 2015
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Voting Record
From Jan 2013 to Sep 2016, Williams missed 114 of 2,481 roll call votes, which is 4.6%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 6 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills