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Rep. Carolyn Maloney

Former Representative for New York’s 12th District

pronounced KAR-uh-lin // muh-LOH-nee

Maloney was the representative for New York’s 12th congressional district and was a Democrat. She served from 2013 to 2022.

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, 2013-2022]

Misconduct

Maloney was arrested at a protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building on July, 19 2022. The same month the Committee published a committee report indicating they will pay a $50 fine.

Jul. 29, 2022 House Committee on Ethics published a committee report indicating they will pay a $50 fine

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Maloney.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Maloney 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 Maloney sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Dec 27, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Maloney was the primary sponsor of 25 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 25 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 sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (38%) Health (13%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%) Finance and Financial Sector (10%) Labor and Employment (9%) International Affairs (8%) Taxation (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Maloney recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Maloney voted Nay

Maloney voted Nay

Passed 327/85 on Dec 21, 2020.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, a major government funding bill, which also included economic stimulus provisions due …

Maloney voted Nay

Maloney voted Nay

Passed 377/1 on May 21, 2018.

H.R. 4451, as amended, would amend U.S. Code to provide a five year extension, through Fiscal Year 2022 of both the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs …

Maloney voted Yea

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of …

Maloney voted No

Maloney voted Aye

Maloney voted Aye

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack …

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Dec 2022, Maloney missed 795 of 19,117 roll call votes, which is 4.2%. 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

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