Rep. Darin LaHood

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for LaHood.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

LaHood 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 LaHood has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 11, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Darin LaHood sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Ways and Means
  • Member, Subcommittee on Oversight
  • Member, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures

Enacted Legislation

LaHood was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 1825: Improving Assistance for Taxpayers Act
• H.R. 4326 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 West North Street in Normal, Illinois, as the “Sgt. Josh Rodgers Post Office”.
• H.R. 3109 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1114 North 2nd Street in Chillicothe, Illinois, as the “Sr. Chief Ryan Owens Post Office ...
• H.R. 5312 (114th): Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Modernization Act of 2016

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Does 4 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

LaHood sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (38%) Social Welfare (17%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (12%) Finance and Financial Sector (8%) Environmental Protection (8%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Health (8%)

Recent Bills

Some of LaHood’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• H.R. 4038: Workforce Development Through Post-Graduation Scholarships Act of 2019
• H.R. 3021: NEATSA Act
• H.R. 2314: Nuclear Powers America Act of 2019
• H.R. 1825: Improving Assistance for Taxpayers Act
• H.R. 1349: Small Business Tax Fairness and Compliance Simplification Act
• H.R. 1246: Improving Access to Work Act
• H.R. 1247: Supporting Work Through Apprenticeships Act

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Sep 2015 to Dec 2019, LaHood missed 26 of 2,721 roll call votes, which is 1.0%. This is better than the median of 2.2% 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
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills