Lamborn is the representative for Colorado’s 5th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 4, 2007. Lamborn is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO5]](/static/legislator-photos/412191-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Lamborn 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 ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Lamborn has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 13, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Enacted Legislation
Lamborn was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 4725: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8585 Criterion Drive in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “Chaplain (Capt.) Dale Goetz Memorial Post Office ...
- H.R. 387: Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2019
- H.R. 1164 (115th): Taylor Force Act
- H.R. 3375 (113th): To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be constructed at 3141 Centennial Boulevard, Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the “PFC Floyd K. ...
- H.R. 2366 (113th): World War I American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 4357 (113th): To deny admission to the United States to any representative to the United Nations who has engaged in espionage activities against the United States, poses a threat ...
- H.R. 4073 (112th): To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the quitclaim, disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way within and adjacent to Pike National Forest in ...
Does 8 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
Lamborn sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (26%) Science, Technology, Communications (20%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (14%) Arts, Culture, Religion (14%) Armed Forces and National Security (11%) Water Resources Development (9%) Health (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Lamborn’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 984: Condemning Twitter’s partisan censorship of President Donald J. Trump.
- H.Res. 769: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and traditions ...
- H.R. 4725: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8585 ...
- H.R. 3392: To prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio and the use of Federal ...
- H.R. 3393: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit Federal funding for the ...
- H.R. 537: Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act
- H.R. 387: Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act of 2019
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2007 to Jan 2021, Lamborn missed 195 of 9,847 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% 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