Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Sewell 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). Sewell is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Sewell for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Terri Sewell sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises
- Member, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade
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House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture
- Member, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Sewell sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (38%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (31%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (15%) Government Operations and Politics (15%)
Recent Bills
Some of Sewell’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5783: Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2016
- H.R. 4817: Birmingham Civil Rights National Historical Park
- H.R. 4777: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1301 ...
- H.Con.Res. 109: Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ...
- H.R. 2867: Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015
- H.R. 1780: Helping Working Families Afford Child Care Act
- H.R. 1781: Workforce Development Tax Credit Act of 2015
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Voting Record
From Jan 2011 to Sep 2016, Sewell missed 162 of 4,087 roll call votes, which is 4.0%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 19 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills