Lamb is the representative for Pennsylvania’s 17th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2019. Lamb is next up for reelection in 2020.
He was previously the representative for Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district as a Democrat from 2018 to 2018.
![Photo of Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA17]](/static/legislator-photos/412744-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Lamb.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Lamb 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 Lamb has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 21, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Conor Lamb sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Vice Chair
Health, Technology Modernization subcommittees
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House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Energy subcommittee Chair
Environment subcommittees
Enacted Legislation
Lamb was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 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
Lamb sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (50%) Crime and Law Enforcement (21%) Taxation (14%) Government Operations and Politics (14%)
Recent Bills
Some of Lamb’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5428: Grid Modernization Research and Development Act of 2019
- H.R. 4703: DEFEND Act
- H.R. 3598: FREED Vets Act
- H.R. 3207: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 ...
- H.R. 2385: To permit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program to ...
- H.R. 2359: Whole Veteran Act
- H.R. 2179: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Apr 2018 to Jan 2020, Lamb missed 5 of 1,085 roll call votes, which is 0.5%. This is better than the median of 2.1% 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 the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
