Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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 Sep 20, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Financial Services
  • Member, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions
  • Member, Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets
• House Committee on Oversight and Reform
  • Member, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
  • Member, Subcommittee on Environment

Bills Sponsored

Some of Ocasio-Cortez’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• H.R. 3685: Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2018
• H.R. 2930: Loan Shark Prevention Act
• H.Res. 109: Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal.

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2019 to Sep 2019, Ocasio-Cortez missed 1 of 540 roll call votes, which is 0.2%. This is better than the median of 2.0% 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.

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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
• Office of Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills