Rep. Debbie Lesko

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Lesko.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

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

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Debbie Lesko sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Homeland Security
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations
• House Committee on Rules
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House
  • Member, Subcommittee on Expedited Procedures
• House Committee on the Judiciary
  • Member, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship

Enacted Legislation

Lesko was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

• H.R. 6400 (115th): United States Ports of Entry Threat and Operational Review Act

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Lesko sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Immigration (33%) Education (13%) Emergency Management (13%) Health (13%) Crime and Law Enforcement (13%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 4402: Inland Waters Security Review Act
• H.R. 3857: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform asylum procedures related to ...
• H.R. 3858: To authorize appropriations for detention spaces for the purpose of enforcing the immigration ...
• H.R. 3860: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the detention of ...
• H.R. 3859: To authorize the Attorney General to appoint 100 additional immigration judges, and for ...
• H.R. 3856: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform asylum procedures related to ...
• H.R. 3855: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform asylum procedures, and for ...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From May 2018 to Dec 2019, Lesko missed 5 of 1,015 roll call votes, which is 0.5%. 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
• Office of the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills