Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Walz 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). Walz is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Walz for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Timothy Walz sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Agriculture
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
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House Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Military Personnel
- Member, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
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House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Walz sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (60%) Government Operations and Politics (10%) Health (10%) Transportation and Public Works (7%) Agriculture and Food (7%) Energy (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Walz’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4124: Support America’s Armed Forces Reserve Component Retirees Act of 2015
- H.R. 3423: Agent Orange Extension Act of 2015
- H.R. 3173: Sportsmen’s Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Enhancement Act
- H.R. 1384: Honor America’s Guard-Reserve Retirees Act
- H.R. 1331: Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2015
- H.R. 203: Clay Hunt SAV Act
- H.R. 5680 (113th): Veterans’ Toxic Wounds Research Act of 2014
View All » (including bills from previous years)
Voting Record
From Jan 2007 to Sep 2016, Walz missed 87 of 7,618 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 7 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