Rep. Shelley Capito

District:: West Virginia - District 2
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
2001-2015	Representative, West Virginia's 2^nd District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Capito is a moderate Republican leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Capito’s bills have had a total of 480 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

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

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Committee Membership

Shelley Capito sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Financial Services
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
- Member, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
- Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2001 to Apr 2014, Capito missed 111 of 9,386 roll call votes, which is 1.2%. 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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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2001 Jan-Mar	75	3	4.0%	68^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	1	0.7%	22^nd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	1	1.3%	36^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	1	0.4%	18^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	3	1.6%	44^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	2	0.9%	25^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	18^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	20	7.4%	85^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	1	0.6%	17^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	1	0.4%	14^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	3	1.9%	49^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	19^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	3	0.8%	26^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	2	0.6%	16^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	13	8.7%	81^st
2008 Apr-Jun	321	3	0.9%	18^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	3	1.5%	34^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	3	1.0%	25^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	7	2.6%	64^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	1	0.4%	10^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	9	4.6%	65^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	21^st
2010 Jul-Sep	151	14	9.3%	90^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	1	1.0%	18^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	25^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	1	0.4%	17^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	3	2.0%	56^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	4	2.6%	66^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	36^th
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	1	0.5%	25^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	1	0.7%	22^nd
2014 Apr-Apr	29	0	0.0%	0^th

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

Recent Legislative Activity

Bill Text

H.R. 4466: Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2014

This bill’s text is now available.

Apr 16, 2014 9:47 a.m.

Vote

H.Con.Res. 96: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels ...

Passed 219/205

Rep. Capito [R-WV2]: Yea

Apr 10, 2014 12:01 p.m.

Vote

H.Amdt. 616 (Van Hollen) to H.Con.Res. 96: An amendment numbered 5, printed in House Report 113-405 to support the American ...

Failed 163/261

Rep. Capito [R-WV2]: No

Apr 10, 2014 11:26 a.m.

Vote

H.Amdt. 615 (Woodall) to H.Con.Res. 96: Amendment in the nature of a substitute.

Failed 133/291

Rep. Capito [R-WV2]: No

Apr 10, 2014 10:20 a.m.

Introduced

H.R. 4466: Financial Regulatory Clarity Act of 2014

Sponsor: Rep. Shelley Capito [R-WV2]

This bill was referred to the House Committee on Agriculture and House Committee on Financial Services which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.

Rep. Shelley Capito [R-WV2] is a member of the House Committee on Financial Services.

Apr 10, 2014