Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Representative for Illinois's 8th Congressional District

Dates	Title	State / District
2013-2016	Representative	Illinois's 8^th District

2014 Report Card

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Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Duckworth has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her 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). Duckworth is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

Tammy Duckworth sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Readiness
- Member, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
House Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2013 to Mar 2015, Duckworth missed 156 of 1,313 roll call votes, which is 11.9%. This is worse 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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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	4	1.9%	51^st
2013 Jul-Sep	200	2	1.0%	41^st
2013 Oct-Dec	137	7	5.1%	77^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	11	7.4%	87^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	5	2.3%	60^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	49	100.0%	100^th
2015 Jan-Mar	109	78	71.6%	100^th