![Photo of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY14]](/static/legislator-photos/412804-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Ocasio-Cortez is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Ocasio-Cortez has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 11, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions
- Member, Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets
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House Committee on Oversight and Reform
- Member, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- Member, Subcommittee on Environment
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Ocasio-Cortez sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Housing and Community Development (100%)
Recent Bills
Some of Ocasio-Cortez’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5185: Green New Deal for Public Housing Act
- H.R. 5072: A Just Society: A Place to Prosper Act of 2019
- H.R. 5070: A Just Society: The Mercy In Re-entry Act
- H.R. 5073: A Just Society: The Uplift Our Workers Act
- H.R. 5071: A Just Society: The Embrace Act
- H.R. 5069: The Recognizing Poverty Act
- H.Res. 666: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the ratification of the ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Dec 2019, Ocasio-Cortez missed 2 of 682 roll call votes, which is 0.3%. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
- Office of Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
