Rep. Susan Wild
Representative for Pennsylvania’s 7th District
pronounced SOO-zun // WĪ-uld
Wild is the representative for Pennsylvania’s 7th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2019. Wild is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. She is 66 years old.
She was previously the representative for Pennsylvania’s 15th congressional district as a Democrat from 2018 to 2018.
![Photo of Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA7]](/static/legislator-photos/412751-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Wild proposed $23 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $3.2 million to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for “SR 903 Bridge Repairs”
- $3.0 million to ArtsQuest for “Bethlehem Steel Turn & Grind Shop Community Center”
- $3.0 million to Lehigh University for “Lehigh University Alley House Program”
View all requests and justifications on Wild’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Wild is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives 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 Wild has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to May 10, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Susan Wild sits on the following committees:
- House Committee on Ethics Ranking Member
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House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations subcommittee Ranking Member
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House Committee on Education and the Workforce
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions subcommittees
Enacted Legislation
Wild was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1667 (117th): Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act
- H.R. 4588 (117th): Regional Innovation Act of 2021
Does 2 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Wild sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (20%) International Affairs (20%) Health (19%) Families (14%) Government Operations and Politics (10%) Labor and Employment (7%) Taxation (7%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (3%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Wild recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 1084: Condemning the killing of Alexei Navalny and calling for the release of all …
- H.R. 7153: Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 7056: Access to Family Building Act
- H.R. 5740: Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act
- H.R. 3550: Safe Interactions Act of 2023
- H.Res. 369: Supporting the United States-Thailand alliance and urging the Government of Thailand to protect …
- H.R. 2574: EMS Counts Act
View All » | View Cosponsors »
Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Nov 2018 to May 2024, Wild missed 63 of 2,950 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. 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
- Office of the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
