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 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
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 2020 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 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 3, 2017 to May 14, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Conor Lamb sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Lamb was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3207 (116th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 Mill Street in Hookstown, Pennsylvania, as the “Staff Sergeant Dylan Elchin Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 2359 (116th): Whole Veteran Act
- H.R. 8426 (116th): Protecting Apprenticeship Training for Veterans Act
- H.R. 8147 (116th): TREAT Act
- H.R. 8149 (116th): VA Precision Medicine Act
- H.R. 2385 (116th): To permit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program to conduct cemetery research and produce educational materials for the Veterans Legacy Program.
Does 6 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 (15%) Taxation (12%) Environmental Protection (8%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Energy (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Lamb’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 3252: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to enhance penalties ...
- H.R. 3201: To provide funds to State transportation departments for surface transportation projects.
- H.R. 2985: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to ...
- H.R. 2789: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to administer a pilot program to ...
- H.R. 2788: VA Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor Modernization Act
- H.R. 2549: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line ...
- H.R. 2587: To improve the ability of veterans with medical training to assist the United ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Apr 2018 to May 2021, Lamb missed 10 of 1,460 roll call votes, which is 0.7%. 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
