Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Graves 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). Graves is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Graves for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Tom Graves sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Appropriations
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
- Member, Subcommittee on Defense
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Graves sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Transportation and Public Works (43%) Health (29%) Economics and Public Finance (29%)
Recent Bills
Some of Graves’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6144: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to include the outlays and ...
- H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017
- H.R. 2250: Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016
- H.R. 3558 (113th): Textile Enforcement and Security Act of 2013
- H.R. 3486 (113th): Transportation Empowerment Act
- H.Con.Res. 54 (113th): Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in ...
- H.J.Res. 62 (113th): Stability, Security, and Fairness Resolution of 2013
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Voting Record
From Jun 2010 to Sep 2016, Graves missed 53 of 4,380 roll call votes, which is 1.2%. This is better than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 4 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