Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Gowdy 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). Gowdy is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Gowdy for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Trey Gowdy sits on the following committees:
- Chairman, House Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi
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House Committee on the Judiciary
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations
- House Committee on Ethics
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House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Member, Subcommittee on Government Operations
- Member, Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Gowdy sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Immigration (43%) Education (29%) Crime and Law Enforcement (29%)
Recent Bills
Some of Gowdy’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 1148: Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act
- H.R. 5401 (113th): Protecting the Homeland Act
- H.R. 4138 (113th): ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014
- H.R. 3412 (113th): Flexibility to Innovate for College Affordability Act
- H.R. 2278 (113th): SAFE Act
- H.R. 652 (113th): To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit assistance to ...
- H.R. 6620 (112th): Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012
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Voting Record
From Jan 2011 to Sep 2016, Gowdy missed 93 of 4,086 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 1 explanation 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