Rep. Debra Haaland
Former Representative for New Mexico’s 1st District
pronounced DEH-bruh // HAH-lund
Haaland was the representative for New Mexico’s 1st congressional district and was a Democrat. She served from 2019 to 2021.
![Photo of Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM1, 2019-2021]](/static/legislator-photos/412800-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Haaland is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2020 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 Haaland sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 28, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Haaland was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 2791 (116th): Department of Veterans Affairs Tribal Advisory Committee Act of 2019
- H.R. 7289 (116th): Rent the Camo: Access to Maternity Wear Act
- H.R. 2438 (116th): Not Invisible Act of 2020
- H.R. 2031 (116th): PROGRESS for Indian Tribes Act
- H.R. 1900 (116th): Native American Business Incubators Program Act
Does 5 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
Haaland sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Native Americans (38%) Armed Forces and National Security (14%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (14%) Government Operations and Politics (10%) Agriculture and Food (10%) Environmental Protection (5%) Crime and Law Enforcement (5%) Social Welfare (5%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Haaland recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 813 (117th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at …
- H.R. 8729 (116th): Native American Language Resource Center Act
- H.R. 8665 (116th): Extending Tribal Broadband Priority Act of 2020
- H.R. 8455 (116th): Reconciliation in Place Names Act
- H.R. 8420 (116th): Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act
- H.R. 8401 (116th): To require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture …
- H.Res. 1144 (116th): Broadband for All Resolution of 2020
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Mar 2021, Haaland missed 12 of 1,031 roll call votes, which is 1.2%. This is better than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 2021. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
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 Debra Haaland for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
