Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our2018 Report Card for Rohrabacher.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Rohrabacher is shown as a purple triangle▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below.Each dot was a member of the House of Representativesin 2018positioned 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 cosponsoredfrom Jan. 3, 2013 to Dec. 21, 2018.See fullanalysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Rohrabacher was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 6650 (115th): National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018
• H.R. 5382 (108th): Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004
• H.R. 2607 (106th): Commercial Space Transportation Competitiveness Act of 2000
• H.R. 1654 (106th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000
• H.J.Res. 146 (102nd): Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Schedule of Heights Amendment Act of 1990.

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Does 5 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Rohrabacher sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (50%)Immigration (17%)Taxation (13%)Social Welfare (7%)Crime and Law Enforcement (7%)Science, Technology, Communications (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Rohrabacher recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 6650 (115th): National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018
• H.R. 6558 (115th): NO NOISE Act
• H.R. 6557 (115th): Inventor Protection Act
• H.Res. 979 (115th): Expressing support for the Iranian people’s continuing protests, fundamental human rights, and …
• H.Con.Res. 124 (115th): Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should resume normal …
• H.Res. 932 (115th): Expressing solidarity with the Tuidang Movement whereby Chinese citizens renounce their ties …
• H.R. 5872 (115th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 1989 to Dec 2018, Rohrabacher missed 728 of 19,006 roll call votes, which is 3.8%.This isworse thanthe median of 2.5%among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2018.The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absences, major life events, and running for higher office.

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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
• TheHouse andSenate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
• Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills