Former U.S. Representative

Bruce PoliquinNo longer serving

District ME‑2 Party Republican In office 2015–2019

Fact sheet Spreadsheet
Maine2nd District · 115th Congress Official portrait of Bruce Poliquin
Bills introduced
38

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law
1

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored
473

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes
2,425

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches
98

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

38 bills introduced

Across 2 Congresses, most in the 114th at 19. In the 115th, 19 — 1 more than the median representative, who filed 18. Volume is not influence: the great majority of bills, from every member, never get a vote.

Bills introduced, against the typical representative 114th to 115th

median for the chamber, that Congress

Biography

A Representative from Maine. Born in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, November 1, 1953. Graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1972. A. B. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1976. Businessman. Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Maine in 2010. State treasurer of Maine, 2010-2012. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 2012. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2015-January 3, 2019). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in 2022.

Focus

Drawn from the 38 bills this member introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who most often sign on.

Subjects

Bills carry several subjects each, so these add up to more than 38.

Most frequent cosponsors

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

BillQuestionVotedDate
HR 1815On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedYeaJun 7, 2016
HR 4904On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaJun 7, 2016
HR 4906On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaJun 7, 2016
HCONRES 129On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as AmendedYeaJun 7, 2016
HRES 751On Agreeing to the ResolutionAyeMay 26, 2016
HRES 751On Ordering the Previous QuestionYeaMay 26, 2016
HR 5055On PassageYeaMay 26, 2016
HR 5055On Motion to Recommit with InstructionsNayMay 26, 2016

Committees

Current committees first, each with its role and years, and the subcommittees held now beneath it. Full history opens every role with its date and official record, and earlier subcommittee seats.

Earlier committees

Financial Services CommitteeMember2015–2019
Full history
CommitteeRoleServedRecord
Financial Services CommitteeMemberJan 13, 2015 to Jan 3, 2019H.Res. 29 · End of the 115th Congress
Capital MarketsMemberListed Mar 2015 to Sep 2018Hearing, Mar 2015
Terrorism and Illicit FinanceMemberListed Apr 2017 to Sep 2018Hearing, Apr 2017
Oversight and InvestigationsMemberListed Feb 2015 to Sep 2016Hearing, Feb 2015
Veterans' Affairs CommitteeMember2017–2019
Full history
CommitteeRoleServedRecord
Veterans' Affairs CommitteeMemberJan 13, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019H.Res. 51 · End of the 115th Congress
Oversight and InvestigationsMemberListed Nov 2017 to Sep 2018Hearing, Nov 2017
Oversight and InvestigationsMemberListed Feb 2017 to Sep 2017Hearing, Feb 2017

Office spending

What this member's House office spent each year from its allowance, including interns, from the House's quarterly Statement of Disbursements. Beside it, the typical office: the median across every member that year.

YearTotalStaff payTravelRent and utilitiesMailPrintingOtherTypical office
2018$1.2 million$887,364$63,088$77,213$143,322$4,718$67,378$1.3 million
2017$1.2 million$871,192$60,318$106,556$3,651$2,883$114,900$1.3 million
2016$1.3 million$760,659$67,158$82,456$246,287$80,245$35,831$1.2 million

Years run from January 3. Bills for a year are often paid early the next year, so a recent year can still grow. Staff pay is the office's total; individual salaries are not shown here.

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.