Budd is the representative for North Carolina’s 13th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2017. Budd is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Ted Budd [R-NC13]](/static/legislator-photos/412712-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Budd 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 ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Budd has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 15, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Enacted Legislation
Budd was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
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 at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Budd sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Finance and Financial Sector (31%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) Taxation (16%) Health (12%) International Affairs (9%) Labor and Employment (7%) Crime and Law Enforcement (5%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Budd’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 295: To waive high deductible health plan requirements for health savings accounts.
- H.R. 296: To establish an Independent Financial Technology Task Force to Combat Terrorism and Illicit ...
- H.R. 294: To amend the Securities Act of 1933 to expand the ability to use ...
- H.R. 277: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide accountability for bad actors ...
- H.R. 76: Save our Servers Act
- H.R. 9042: To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to prohibit ...
- H.R. 8770 (116th): Combat Voter Fraud Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to Jan 2021, Budd missed 32 of 2,181 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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 Ted Budd for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills