Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Clarke has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her 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). Clarke is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Clarke for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Yvette Clarke 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 Communications and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- House Committee on Ethics
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House Committee on Small Business
- Member, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce
- Member, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Clarke sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Emergency Management (21%) International Affairs (16%) Crime and Law Enforcement (16%) Immigration (16%) Taxation (11%) Housing and Community Development (11%) Commerce (11%)
Recent Bills
Some of Clarke’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5080: Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2016
- H.R. 4692: Aidan’s Law
- H.R. 4330: Improving Contract Procurement for Small Businesses through More Accurate Reporting Act of 2016
- H.R. 3889: Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act
- H.Res. 371: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established ...
- H.R. 1743: Harriet “Moses” Tubman Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 4403 (113th): Homeowner Disaster Relief Act of 2014
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Voting Record
From Jan 2007 to Sep 2016, Clarke missed 383 of 7,600 roll call votes, which is 5.0%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 237 explanations 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