Rep. Tony Cárdenas

Sponsorship Analysis

Cárdenas is a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Cárdenas’s bills have had a total of 176 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

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

Committee Membership

Tony Cárdenas sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on the Budget
• House Committee on Natural Resources
  • Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
  • Member, Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs
  • Member, Subcommittee on Water and Power
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • Member, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements

Bills Sponsored

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

• H.R. 4390: At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2014
• H.Res. 529: Recognizing March 31 as “Cesar Chavez Day” in honor of the accomplishments and ...
• H.R. 4124: Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act
• H.R. 4123: Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2014
• H.R. 4033: To provide relocation subsidies for the long-term unemployed, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 3734: 416d65726963612043616e20436f6465 Act of 2013
• H.R. 3545: Collegiate Student Athlete Protection Act

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Voting Record

From Jan 2013 to Apr 2014, Cárdenas missed 59 of 818 roll call votes, which is 7.2%. This is worse 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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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
• THOMAS, for sponsored bills