Rep. Scott Peters

Sponsorship Analysis

Peters is a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Peters’s bills have had a total of 228 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Peters to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

Committee Membership

Scott Peters sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Armed Services
  • Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities
  • Member, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
• House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
  • Member, Subcommittee on Oversight
  • Member, Subcommittee on Research and Technology

Bills Sponsored

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

• H.R. 3758: Second Generation Biofuel Extension Act of 2013
• H.R. 3757: Igniting American Research Act
• H.R. 3577: To establish the Commission on Health Care Savings through Innovative Wireless Technologies.
• H.R. 3507: 21st Century Care for Military and Veterans Act
• H.Res. 401: Expressing support for designation of the third Tuesday of November as “National Entrepreneurs ...
• H.R. 3182: Safe and Secure Border Infrastructure Act
• H.R. 3149: Pay Down the Debt Act of 2013

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Voting Record

From Jan 2013 to Apr 2014, Peters missed 11 of 818 roll call votes, which is 1.3%. This is better than the median of 2.3% 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