Payne is the representative for New Jersey’s 10th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Nov 15, 2012. Payne is next up for reelection in 2020.
![Photo of Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ10]](/static/legislator-photos/412506-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Payne.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Payne 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 Payne has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 6, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Donald Payne Jr. sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Homeland Security
- Chair, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
- Member, Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations
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House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Aviation
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
Enacted Legislation
Payne was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 615 (114th): DHS Interoperable Communications Act
- H.R. 1376 (113th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the “Judge Shirley ...
Does 2 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
Payne sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (45%) Emergency Management (27%) Transportation and Public Works (18%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Payne’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 601: Supporting the designation of October 5, 2019, as National Ostomy Awareness Day.
- H.Res. 584: Expressing support for the designation of September 2019 as “National Prostate Cancer Awareness ...
- H.Res. 550: Expressing support of the designation of September 2019 as Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness ...
- H.R. 3480: Aviation Humanitarian Crisis Act of 2019
- H.R. 3481: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to require air carriers ...
- H.Con.Res. 48: Supporting National Men’s Health Week.
- H.R. 2932: Homeland Security for Children Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Nov 2012 to Dec 2019, Payne missed 447 of 4,449 roll call votes, which is 10.0%. This is much worse than the median of 2.1% 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.
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
