Rep. Jane Harman

Former Representative from California's 36^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2001-2011	Representative	California's 36^th District
1993-1998	Representative	California's 36^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Harman was a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Harman’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Harman to other members of the House of Representatives in the 111^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Harman’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1993 to Feb 2011, Harman missed 901 of 10,758 roll call votes, which is 8.4%. This is worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Feb 2011. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1993 Jan-Mar	127	4	3.1%	54^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	30	15.8%	95^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	5	3.0%	66^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	5	3.7%	69^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	19^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	61^st
1994 Jul-Sep	142	7	4.9%	67^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	7	13.7%	90^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	8	2.9%	74^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	22	11.6%	95^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	13	5.6%	86^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	32	17.3%	99^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	9	8.2%	84^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	21	11.5%	95^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	4	2.5%	52^nd
1997 Jan-Mar	71	1	1.4%	39^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	4	2.3%	54^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	15	6.5%	85^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	6	3.7%	66^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	51	57.3%	99^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	71	38.4%	99^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	35	17.6%	97^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	18	24.3%	99^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	3	2.2%	49^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	4	2.7%	64^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	6	3.9%	69^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	1	1.3%	34^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	9	4.4%	69^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	4	2.8%	54^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	4	6.6%	77^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	1	0.4%	18^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	24	12.4%	93^rd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	10	6.6%	73^rd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	12	11.5%	85^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	7	3.2%	57^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	10	6.2%	72^nd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	1	1.7%	43^rd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	38^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	39	14.3%	97^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	17	11.6%	93^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	13	8.0%	85^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	60^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	10	3.6%	73^rd
2006 Jul-Sep	159	5	3.1%	65^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	4	14.8%	88^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	10	4.7%	80^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	38	9.7%	93^rd
2007 Jul-Sep	317	16	5.0%	82^nd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	9	3.4%	56^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	6	4.0%	50^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	21	6.5%	80^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	22	10.7%	91^st
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	79^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	14	8.0%	90^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	76	25.1%	98^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	11	4.1%	80^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	11	4.5%	71^st
2010 Jan-Mar	195	7	3.6%	57^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	23	10.5%	92^nd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	4	2.6%	55^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	11	11.1%	83^rd
2011 Jan-Mar	147	57	38.8%	100^th

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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Bill Text

H.R. 3199 (111th): Emergency Medic Transition Act of 2010

This bill’s text for status Reported by House Committee (Sep 16, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:40 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 3199 (111th): Emergency Medic Transition Act of 2010

This bill’s text for status Referred to Senate Committee (Sep 24, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:37 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 553 (111th): Reducing Over-Classification Act

This bill’s text for status Passed Congress/Enrolled Bill (Jan 01, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:28 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 3199 (111th): Emergency Medic Transition Act of 2010

This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (Sep 23, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:27 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 553 (111th): Reducing Over-Classification Act

This bill’s text for status Passed the Senate (Engrossed) with an Amendment (Sep 27, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:23 p.m.