Rep. Timothy Walz

District:: Minnesota - District 1
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
2007-2015	Representative, Minnesota's 1^st District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Walz is a moderate Democratic leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Walz’s bills have had a total of 248 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Walz to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Timothy Walz sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Agriculture
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry
- Member, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2007 to Apr 2014, Walz missed 53 of 5,955 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 2.3% 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
2007 Jan-Mar	213	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	4	1.0%	36^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	1	0.3%	7^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	2	0.6%	14^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	3	1.7%	43^rd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	2	0.7%	18^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	2	0.7%	23^rd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	1	0.4%	10^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	4	2.1%	38^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	1	1.0%	18^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	25^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	13	4.6%	84^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	1	0.5%	18^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	9	3.0%	67^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	36^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	3	1.4%	42^nd
2013 Jul-Sep	200	2	1.0%	40^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	42^nd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	1	0.7%	22^nd
2014 Apr-Apr	29	0	0.0%	0^th