Stevan “Steve” Pearce, Representative for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District

Pearce is the representative for New Mexico’s 2^nd congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 5, 2011. Pearce is next up for reelection in 2018.

He was previously the representative for New Mexico’s 2^nd congressional district as a Republican from 2003 to 2008.

Photo of Rep. Stevan “Steve” Pearce [R-NM2]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Pearce.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Pearce is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Pearce has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Americans for Prosperity: 89% The Club for Growth: 83% United States Chamber of Commerce: 81% FreedomWorks: 80% NumbersUSA: 43% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 11% League of Conservation Voters: 4% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Stevan “Steve” Pearce sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Financial Services
- Chair, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance
- Member, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Federal Lands

Enacted Legislation

Pearce was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

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We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if about one third or more of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Pearce sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (26%) Native Americans (21%) Armed Forces and National Security (18%) International Affairs (12%) Environmental Protection (9%) Finance and Financial Sector (9%) Labor and Employment (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Pearce’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 4889: Kelsey Smith Act May 23, 2016. Failed 229/158.
No	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Nay	H.J.Res. 35: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. Feb 27, 2015. Failed 203/224.
Yea	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay	H.R. 5972 (112th): Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Jun 29, 2012. Passed 261/163.
No	S. 365 (112th): Budget Control Act of 2011 Aug 1, 2011. Passed 269/161. The Budget Control Act of 2011 (Pub.L. 112–25, S. 365, 125 Stat. 240, enacted August 2, 2011) is a federal statute in the United States that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on August 2, 2011. The Act brought conclusion to the United ...
No	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to Apr 2018, Pearce missed 295 of 9,303 roll call votes, which is 3.2%. This is worse 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 Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	1	0.4%	19^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	7	3.6%	76^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	25	16.6%	96^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	2	0.9%	26^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%	19^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	2	0.7%	29^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	4	2.7%	62^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	13	8.0%	87^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	6	2.2%	56^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	64^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	20^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	4	1.0%	35^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	8	2.5%	63^rd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	3	1.1%	23^rd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	4	2.7%	42^nd
2008 Apr-Jun	321	12	3.7%	61^st
2008 Jul-Sep	205	26	12.7%	95^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	4	1.9%	66^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	15	6.1%	86^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	4	1.9%	52^nd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	24^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	12	7.9%	89^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	58^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	10	4.7%	77^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	1	0.7%	30^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	1	0.7%	23^rd
2014 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	35^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	1	0.7%	28^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	55^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	9	6.3%	84^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	1	0.4%	27^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	2	1.4%	53^rd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	6	3.4%	78^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	3	2.2%	44^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	3	1.5%	40^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	47	20.3%	98^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	1	2.1%	61^st
2017 Jan-Mar	208	2	1.0%	36^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	53^rd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	3	1.8%	48^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	41	31.8%	99^th
2018 Apr-Apr	18	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

@unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Stevan “Steve” Pearce is pronounced:

STEEV-uhn // peers

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
EE ee	meet
EER eer	beer
N n	not
P p	pen
S s	sit
T t	top
UH uh	cup
V v	van

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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