Rep. Aaron Schock
Former Representative for Illinois’s 18th District
Schock was the representative for Illinois’s 18th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2009 to 2015.
![Photo of Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL18, 2009-2015]](/static/legislator-photos/412314-200px.jpeg)
Alleged misconduct & resolution
In 2019 Schock settled with the federal government in a deferred prosecution agreement in which he repaid a little over $100,000 to the government. In 2013, the House Committee on Ethics published the Office of Congressional Ethics Report and Findings and Rep. Schock's response. In 2015, Schock resigned amid a host of allegations of improper use of campaign funds.
| Aug. 30, 2012 | House Office of Congressional Ethics recommended that the Committee on Ethics further review the allegation |
| Feb. 6, 2013 | House Committee on Ethics published the Office of Congressional Ethics Report and Findings and Rep. Schock's response |
| Mar. 17, 2015 | Schock resigned effective Mar. 31, 2015. |
| Jan. 2, 2017 | House Committee on Ethics reported that Schock's resignation ended the committee's jurisdiction |
| Sep. 4, 2019 | Schock agreed to a deferred prosecution agreement in which he repaid a little over $100,000 to the government. |
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Schock is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2014 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills legislators sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2009 to Dec 11, 2014. See full analysis methodology.
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Schock sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (40%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (24%) Health (13%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (5%) Economics and Public Finance (5%) International Affairs (5%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Schock recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 977 (114th): MEND Act
- H.R. 978 (114th): Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2015
- H.R. 637 (114th): Permanent IRA Charitable Contribution Act of 2015
- H.R. 631 (114th): EACH Act
- H.R. 5655 (113th): Creating American Prosperity through Preservation Act
- H.R. 5374 (113th): FAIR Assistance Act of 2014
- H.Res. 708 (113th): Expressing support for designation of September 6, 2014, as “Everett McKinley Dirksen …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2009 to Mar 2015, Schock missed 239 of 4,609 roll call votes, which is 5.2%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 2015. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
