Rep. Scott Peters

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Committee Membership

Scott Peters sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Armed Services
  • Member, Subcommittee on Readiness
  • Member, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
• House Committee on the Judiciary
  • Member, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
  • Member, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial, and Antitrust Law

Bills Sponsored

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

• H.R. 1047: To authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental assistance provided through ...
• H.R. 508: SUPER Act of 2015
• H.R. 385: DISASTER Act
• H.R. 5635: DISASTER Act
• H.R. 5636: Cut REDTAPE Act
• H.R. 5634: Stop Hiding Congressional Farm Subsidies Act
• H.R. 5637: Consumer Debt Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2014

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Voting Record

From Jan 2013 to Feb 2015, Peters missed 17 of 1,294 roll call votes, which is 1.3%. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. 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
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills