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 May 17, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

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 the Judiciary
  • Member, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security
  • Member, Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship
• House Committee on Rules

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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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:

Crime and Law Enforcement (25%) Armed Forces and National Security (25%) Education (25%) Health (25%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 2263: Make Education Local Act of 2019
• H.R. 1944: VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act
• H.R. 1827: STOP Act
• H.Res. 177: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should continue to ...
• H.R. 1239: Protecting Women Act of 2019
• H.R. 1085: Give it Back to the Taxpayers Act
• H.R. 956: Saving Children Act

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From May 2018 to May 2019, Lesko missed 2 of 552 roll call votes, which is 0.4%. 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.

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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