Maloney is the representative for New York’s 12th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2013. Maloney is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
She was previously the representative for New York’s 14th congressional district as a Democrat from 1993 to 2012.
![Photo of Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY12]](/static/legislator-photos/400251-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 Report Card for Maloney.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Maloney 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 ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Maloney has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Feb 23, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Enacted Legislation
Maloney was the primary sponsor of 18 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 1925 (116th): To designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the “Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the ...
- H.R. 943 (116th): Never Again Education Act
- H.R. 1980 (116th): Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act
- H.R. 777 (116th): Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2019
- H.R. 1327 (116th): Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act
- H.R. 4013 (115th): 2020 American Census Investment Act
- H.R. 2722 (114th): Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act
Does 18 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Maloney sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (23%) Finance and Financial Sector (17%) Crime and Law Enforcement (14%) International Affairs (12%) Health (9%) Labor and Employment (9%) Education (8%) Taxation (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Maloney’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 1307: To amend title 39, United States Code, to require mail-in ballots to use ...
- H.R. 1005: To require records of the national instant criminal background check system to be ...
- H.R. 1006: To require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at gun shows.
- H.R. 1004: To prohibit the sale of a firearm to, and the purchase of a ...
- H.R. 1008: To provide for the development and use of technology for personalized handguns, to ...
- H.R. 1007: To prevent gun trafficking.
- H.R. 825: To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1993 to Feb 2021, Maloney missed 786 of 18,156 roll call votes, which is 4.3%. This is much worse 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.
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