Wild is the representative for Pennsylvania’s 7th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2019. Wild is next up for reelection in 2020.
She was previously the representative for Pennsylvania’s 15th congressional district as a Democrat from 2018 to 2018.
![Photo of Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA7]](/static/legislator-photos/412751-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Wild.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Wild 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 Wild has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jun 14, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Susan Wild sits on the following committees:
-
House Committee on Education and Labor
- Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
- Member, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
- House Committee on Ethics
-
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations
- Member, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Wild sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (60%) Government Operations and Politics (40%)
Recent Bills
Some of Wild’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 3189: Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act
- H.R. 2567: Speak Up to Protect Every Abused Kid Act
- H.Res. 325: To express the sense of the House of Representatives that all briefings held ...
- H.R. 2193: Students First Tax Deduction Act
- H.R. 1870: Family Health Care Affordability Act of 2019
- H.R. 1867: Middle Class Tax Deduction Act of 2019
- H.R. 1546: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish a minimum ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Nov 2018 to Jun 2019, Wild missed 11 of 434 roll call votes, which is 2.5%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- Office of the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
