GovTrack.us

 
Bookmark and Share

Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY11]
U.S. Representative, New York’s 11th District

Photo of Clarke
State:New York [map]
District:11th Congressional District [map]
Party:Democrat
Birthday:Nov 21, 1964 / 45 years old

To contact Yvette Clarke, visit her official website. (Read our tips for communicating with Congress.) See the Project Vote Smart page for Clarke for more biographical and issue information.

On the Floor
Latest Floor Video from MetaVid

Congressional Service

Yvette Clarke has represented New York’s 11th congressional district since 2007.

Below are the past and present terms in the Senate, House, and White House held by Yvette Clarke:

WhenRoleRepresenting
2007-2010
U.S. RepresentativeNew York’s 11th
(was preceeded by Major Owens)

Sponsorship Analysis

"Ideometer"Clarke is a far-left Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

These labels come from the Political Spectrum statistical analysis that we have carried out. The statistical analysis puts members of Congress on a scale based on patterns of bill sponsorship, and is blind to party affiliation and the content of bills. From there, we have somewhat arbitrarily divided the Members of Congress into far-left/right, rank-and-file, and moderate (i.e. centrist). For each party, the most extreme 23% of Members of Congress are labeled far-left or -right. The most centrist 30% (i.e. those closest to the other party) are labeled moderate. The remaining 47% are labeled as rank-and-file.

"Leader-Follower Score"
Clarke is a follower according to our statistical analysis of bills in this legislative session. Clarke tends to cosponsors the bills of other Members of Congress who do not cosponsor Clarke’s own bills. For more, see congressional statistics.

To compute the leader-follower score for Clarke, we make a table that lists all other Members of Congress. Each row has the number bills sponsored by Clarke and cosponsored by the other Member of Congress divided by the number of bills sponsored by the other Member of Congress and cosponsored by Clarke.

This is a measure of who is following who. The higher the number, the more times others are cosponsoring Clarke's bills without Clarke returning the favor. We then take the mean of (the logorithms of) these ratios. Thanks to Joe Barillari for the idea.

Voting Record

Voting RecordYvette Clarke missed 201 (7%) of 2771 votes since Jan 4, 2007. The graph to the left shows the number of missed votes over time. Click for a larger chart and a list of recent votes.

Money & Influence

The top campaign contribution to Clarke in 2007-2008 was $15,000 from employees of National Assn of Realtors. Yvette Clarke’s net worth was between $0 and $0 in 2007, according to Clarke’s mandated financial disclosure statements. For more information, see the Center for Responsive Politics’ page for Clarke.

Committee Membership

Yvette Clarke sits on the following committees:

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

H.R. 3771: To amend the Small Business Act to establish mentorship and assistance programs designed to help minority, veteran-owned, and women-owned small businesses operate in the construction industry, and for other purposes.
H.Res. 797: Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to raising awareness and enhancing the state of cyber security in the United States, and supporting the goals and ideals of the sixth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
H.Res. 731: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the employees of the Department of Homeland Security, their partners at all levels of government, and the millions of emergency response providers and law enforcement agents nationwide should be commended for their dedicated service on the Nation's front lines in the war against acts of terrorism.
H.R. 1270: Affordable Housing and Community Development Act of 2009
H.R. 559: Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Redress Act of 2009

View All... (including bills from previous years)

Photo from the Office of Yvette Clarke.