Rep. Albio Sires

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Sires.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Sires is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2022 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 Sires sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Dec 27, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Sires was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 8711 (117th): United States-Ecuador Partnership Act of 2022
• H.R. 2946 (117th): RENACER Act
• H.R. 1660 (115th): Global Health Innovation Act of 2017
• H.R. 6626 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 413 Washington Avenue in Belleville, New Jersey, as the “Private Henry Svehla Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 6027 (112th): Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012
• H.R. 3539 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 427 Harrison Avenue in Harrison, New Jersey, as the “Patricia D. McGinty-Juhl Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 3307 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 570 Broadway in Bayonne, New Jersey, as the “Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building”.

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Does 8 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

Sires sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (54%) Housing and Community Development (14%) Transportation and Public Works (14%) Government Operations and Politics (11%) Health (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Sires recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.Res. 1480 (117th): Promoting stronger economic relations between the United States and countries in Latin …
• H.R. 8813 (117th): AFFECT Human Rights in Venezuela Act
• H.R. 8711 (117th): United States-Ecuador Partnership Act of 2022
• H.Res. 998 (117th): Celebrating 200 years of United States diplomatic relations with Colombia.
• H.R. 4188 (117th): Respect for Peace Corps Volunteers Act
• H.R. 3679 (117th): Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2021
• H.Res. 408 (117th): Urging the Government of El Salvador to respect the country’s democratic institutions.

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Nov 2006 to Dec 2022, Sires missed 506 of 10,855 roll call votes, which is 4.7%. This is much worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2022. 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.

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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
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills