Rep. Tony Cárdenas

Sponsorship 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)

Committee Membership

Tony Cárdenas sits on the following committees:

• 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

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

• H.R. 5563: Honoring the Hiring of Heroes Act
• H.R. 5564: Manufacturing Skills Act of 2014
• H.Res. 723: Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of Latinos in ...
• H.R. 5325: American Manufacturing Workforce Act of 2014
• H.R. 5084: HUBZone Equity Act
• H.R. 4995: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6531 ...
• H.R. 4949: New American Success Act of 2014

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Voting Record

From Jan 2013 to Feb 2015, Cárdenas missed 70 of 1,310 roll call votes, which is 5.3%. This is worse than the median of 2.2% 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