Devin Nunes, Representative for California's 22nd Congressional District

Nunes is the representative for California’s 22^nd congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. Nunes is next up for reelection in 2018.

He was previously the representative for California’s 21^st congressional district as a Republican from 2003 to 2012.

Alleged misconduct & resolution

In 2018, the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) announced it was investigating Nunes for receiving campaign contributions in excess of limits and from prohibited entities.

Mar. 20, 2018

Federal Elections Commission sent a letter to Nunes' campaign treasurer

In 2017 Nunes was investigated for unauthorized disclosures of classified information. The investigation is closed as of 12/07/2017.

Apr. 6, 2017	House Committee on Ethics opened an investigation
Dec. 7, 2017	House Committee on Ethics concluded that the information was not classified

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Nunes.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Nunes 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 Nunes has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 94% Americans for Prosperity: 82% FreedomWorks: 63% The Club for Growth: 60% NumbersUSA: 48% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 5% League of Conservation Voters: 3% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Devin Nunes sits on the following committees:

Chair, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
House Committee on Ways and Means
- Member, Subcommittee on Health
- Member, Subcommittee on Trade

Enacted Legislation

Nunes was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:

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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

Nunes sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (31%) Taxation (26%) Health (26%) International Affairs (9%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (9%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Nunes’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	S. 2040: Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act Sep 28, 2016. Passed 348/77. After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a federal commission was created to fact-find as much information as possible about the planning, funding, and carrying-out of the attacks. The final report ran more than 500 pages, but much intrigue has centered around 28 pages redacted ...
Aye	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay	H.R. 2362 (112th): Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011 Jul 23, 2012. Failed 222/160.
No	S. 365 (112th): Budget Control Act of 2011 Aug 1, 2011. Passed 269/161. The Budget Control Act of 2011 (Pub.L. 112–25, S. 365, 125 Stat. 240, enacted August 2, 2011) is a federal statute in the United States that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on August 2, 2011. The Act brought conclusion to the United ...
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Yea	H.R. 31 (111th): Lumbee Recognition Act Jun 3, 2009. Passed 240/179.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to Sep 2018, Nunes missed 309 of 11,210 roll call votes, which is 2.8%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	3	1.3%	39^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	1	0.5%	18^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	6	4.0%	56^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	1	1.0%	20^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	2	0.9%	26^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	7	4.3%	54^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	4	6.9%	66^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	19^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	10	3.7%	64^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	46^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	38^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	1	0.4%	14^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	12	7.5%	89^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	64^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	6	2.8%	65^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	9	2.3%	64^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	5	1.6%	44^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	28	10.6%	93^rd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	5	3.4%	50^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	13	4.0%	67^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	4	2.0%	43^rd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	78^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	2	1.1%	36^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	5	1.7%	41^st
2009 Jul-Sep	268	12	4.5%	82^nd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	52	21.1%	99^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	4	2.1%	39^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	12	5.5%	76^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	12	7.9%	87^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	9	9.1%	79^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	5	2.4%	73^rd
2011 Apr-Jun	281	3	1.1%	44^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	1	0.4%	22^nd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	2	1.0%	37^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	24^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	6	2.0%	58^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	9	17.6%	94^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	10	11.2%	92^nd
2013 Apr-Jun	215	11	5.1%	80^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	2	1.0%	42^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	2	1.4%	40^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	35^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	2	1.4%	49^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	2	1.1%	52^nd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	1	0.7%	18^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	1	2.1%	61^st
2017 Jan-Mar	208	2	1.0%	36^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	6	4.4%	79^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	2	1.2%	40^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	2	1.6%	38^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	35^th
2018 Jul-Sep	86	0	0.0%	0^th

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

Devin Nunes is pronounced:

DE-vin // NOO-nes

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
D d	day
E e	bed
I i	pin
N n	not
OO oo	soon
S s	sit
V v	van

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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