Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Cárdenas 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). Cárdenas is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Cárdenas for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Tony Cárdenas sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- Member, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy
- Member, Subcommittee on Health
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Cárdenas sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (18%) Crime and Law Enforcement (18%) Education (18%) Commerce (13%) Labor and Employment (11%) Health (8%) Taxation (8%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Cárdenas’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 885: Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of Latinos in ...
- H.R. 6140: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the ...
- H.R. 6102: Less Traffic with Smart Stop Lights Act of 2016
- H.Res. 713: Honoring the vital role of small business and the passion of entrepreneurs in ...
- H.R. 5100: At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2016
- H.Res. 694: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that a standing ...
- H.Res. 662: Recognizing March 31 as “César Chávez Day” in honor of the accomplishments and ...
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Voting Record
From Jan 2013 to Sep 2016, Cárdenas missed 174 of 2,465 roll call votes, which is 7.1%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. 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