![Photo of Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL18]](/data/photos/412674-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2016 Report Card for LaHood.
Sponsorship Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills LaHood has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). LaHood is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Committee Membership
Darin LaHood sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Chair, Subcommittee on Oversight
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy
- Member, Subcommittee on Research and Technology
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House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Federal Lands
- Member, Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs
Bills Sponsored
Some of LaHood’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 2937: Community Reclamation Partnerships Act
- H.Res. 252: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the challenges posed to ...
- H.Res. 151: Honoring the life of former Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Robert ...
- H.Con.Res. 28: Establishing a Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress.
- H.R. 801: Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act
- H.Con.Res. 169 (114th): Establishing a Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress.
- H.R. 5312 (114th): Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Modernization Act of 2016
Voting Record
Key Votes
| LaHood’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| Yea |
H.R. 1039: Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017
May 19, 2017. Passed 229/177.
H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe that person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer while performing their official duties. The bill also would direct the ... |
| Aye |
S. 612: A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the “George P. Kazen Federal Building ...
Dec 8, 2016. Passed 360/61.
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| Nay |
H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017
Sep 28, 2016. Passed 342/85.
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| Nay |
H.R. 2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016
Dec 18, 2015. Passed 316/113.
This vote was on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, also known as the omnibus spending bill. The bill would fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2016 (through September 30, 2016). The government had been funded through stop-gap measures over the last ... |
| Nay |
H.R. 719: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016
Sep 30, 2015. Passed 277/151.
This was a vote to agree to the provisions to keep the government funded through December 11, 2015 that the Senate had added in a previous vote. With this vote, the House approved the Senate's changes to the bill, with the government funding provisions, sending ... |
Missed Votes
From Sep 2015 to Jun 2017, LaHood missed 1 of 1,167 roll call votes, which is 0.1%. 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.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills