Rep. Trey Gowdy

Sponsorship Analysis

Gowdy is a moderate Republican follower according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Gowdy’s bills have had a total of 57 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

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

Committee Membership

Trey Gowdy sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on the Judiciary
  • Chairman, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations
• House Committee on Education and the Workforce
  • Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
• House Committee on Ethics
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • Member, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and the Census
  • Member, Subcommittee on National Security

Bills Sponsored

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

• H.R. 4138: ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014
• H.R. 3412: Flexibility to Innovate for College Affordability Act
• H.R. 2278: SAFE Act
• H.R. 652: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit assistance to countries ...
• H.R. 6620 (112th): Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012
• H.R. 3237 (112th): SOAR Technical Corrections Act
• H.R. 2926 (112th): National Labor Relations Reorganization Act of 2011

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Voting Record

From Jan 2011 to Mar 2014, Gowdy missed 27 of 2,361 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is better 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