Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Walberg has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his 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). Walberg is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Walberg for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Tim Walberg sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
- Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
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House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Vice Chairman, Subcommittee on Government Operations
- Member, Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Walberg sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (22%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (17%) Labor and Employment (17%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (10%) Health (7%) Armed Forces and National Security (7%) Education (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Walberg’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6094: Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act
- H.R. 5226: Regulatory Integrity Act of 2016
- H.R. 5142: Jessie’s Law
- H.R. 5042: Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2016
- H.R. 4936: Main Street Jobs and Opportunity Act of 2016
- H.R. 4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act
- H.R. 4612: Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2016
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Voting Record
From Jan 2007 to Sep 2016, Walberg missed 78 of 5,952 roll call votes, which is 1.3%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 15 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