Laura Richardson, former Representative from California's 37th District

Dates	Title	Representing
2007-2013	Representative	California's 37^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

Richardson was a moderate Democratic follower according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Richardson’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Richardson to other members of the House of Representatives in the 112^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 Richardson’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Sep 2007 to Jan 2013, Richardson missed 175 of 4,289 roll call votes, which is 4.1%. This is worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2007 Jul-Sep	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	1	0.7%	8^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	55	17.1%	97^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	7	3.4%	60^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	52^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	7	2.3%	48^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	6	2.2%	59^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	31	12.6%	96^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	10	5.1%	69^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	8	3.7%	59^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	7	4.6%	76^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	2	0.9%	45^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	6	2.1%	64^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	7	2.8%	70^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	2	1.0%	32^nd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	23^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	13	4.3%	71^st
2012 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	31^st
2012 Nov-Dec	51	7	13.7%	81^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Bill Text

H.R. 6708 (112th): To authorize certain appropriations under the Native American Programs Act of 1974.

This bill’s text is now available.

Jan 04, 2013 5:18 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 6718 (112th): To reauthorize part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

This bill’s text is now available.

Jan 04, 2013 5:17 p.m.

Elections and Offices

Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA37, 2007-2013] leaves office as Representative for California's 37th congressional district

Jan 03, 2013

Bill Text

H.R. 6712 (112th): To require the disclosure to parents of information regarding mental illness treatment for their children under the age of 26.

This bill’s text is now available.

Jan 01, 2013 11:38 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 6711 (112th): To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to make certain considerations when assigning chemical facilities to risk-based tiers pursuant to the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards.

This bill’s text is now available.

Jan 01, 2013 11:37 p.m.

Rep. Laura Richardson

Elected Positions

Sponsorship Analysis

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Voting Record

Primary Sources

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