![Photo of Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI7]](/static/legislator-photos/412213-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Walberg.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Walberg 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 Walberg has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jun 4, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Tim Walberg sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Education and Labor
- Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions subcommittee Ranking Member
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Communications and Technology, Energy subcommittees
Enacted Legislation
Walberg was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 1439: Increasing Access to a Secure Retirement Act of 2019
- H.R. 1109: To amend section 203 of the Federal Power Act.
- H.R. 5009: Jessie’s Law
- H.R. 5041: Safe Disposal of Unused Medication Act
- H.J.Res. 66 (115th): Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by States for non-governmental employees.
- H.R. 3089 (114th): GONE Act
- H.R. 3534 (113th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 113 West Michigan Avenue in Jackson, Michigan, as the “Officer James Bonneau Memorial Post Office”.
Does 9 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
Walberg sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Labor and Employment (24%) Government Operations and Politics (22%) Crime and Law Enforcement (17%) Health (12%) Science, Technology, Communications (7%) Energy (7%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (7%) Taxation (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Walberg’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5573: PROTECT Kids Act
- H.R. 5079: National Historic Vehicle Register Act of 2019
- H.R. 4738: Pregnancy Discrimination Amendment Act
- H.R. 4500: Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019
- H.R. 4463: Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019
- H.R. 4456: Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act
- H.R. 3830: Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2007 to May 2020, Walberg missed 88 of 8,037 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is better than the median of 2.2% 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
