Doug Lamborn, Representative for Colorado's 5th Congressional District

Lamborn is the representative for Colorado’s 5^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 4, 2007. Lamborn is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Lamborn.

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 liberal–conservative 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. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Americans for Prosperity: 98% FreedomWorks: 95% NumbersUSA: 89% The Club for Growth: 78% United States Chamber of Commerce: 78% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 11% League of Conservation Voters: 4% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Doug Lamborn sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Natural Resources
- Chair, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
House Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

Enacted Legislation

Lamborn was the primary sponsor of 5 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 about one third or more 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

Lamborn sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (24%) Armed Forces and National Security (15%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (15%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Arts, Culture, Religion (12%) Science, Technology, Communications (12%) Health (5%) Water Resources Development (5%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Lamborn’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 4667: Making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for disaster assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and calendar year 2017 wildfires, ... Dec 21, 2017. Passed 251/169.
Nay	H.R. 1039: Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017 May 19, 2017. Passed 229/177. H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe that person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer while performing their official duties. The bill also would direct the ...
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 ...
Nay	H.J.Res. 35: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. Feb 27, 2015. Failed 203/224.
Nay	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay	S. 1603 (113th): Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act Sep 16, 2014. Passed 359/64.
No	H.R. 1947 (113th): Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 Jun 20, 2013. Failed 195/234.
No	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 ...

Missed Votes

From Jan 2007 to Apr 2018, Lamborn missed 153 of 8,530 roll call votes, which is 1.8%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% 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
2007 Jan-Mar	213	3	1.4%	43^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	6	1.9%	53^rd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	3	1.1%	23^rd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	1	0.7%	9^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	4	1.2%	23^rd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	1	0.5%	15^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	1	0.6%	24^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	1	0.3%	9^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	1	0.4%	13^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	7	2.8%	54^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	1	0.5%	13^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	6	2.7%	50^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	21^st
2010 Nov-Dec	99	5	5.1%	61^st
2011 Jan-Mar	212	5	2.4%	73^rd
2011 Apr-Jun	281	2	0.7%	34^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	4	1.6%	54^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	5	2.4%	57^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	24^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	26	8.7%	89^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	32^nd
2012 Nov-Dec	51	2	3.9%	56^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	10	4.7%	77^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	4	2.0%	62^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	1	0.7%	28^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	3	2.1%	50^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	14	5.7%	87^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	1	0.7%	34^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	31^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	18	8.8%	89^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	42^nd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	5	2.4%	67^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	2	1.5%	45^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	37^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Apr	25	4	16.0%	91^st

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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Doug Lamborn is pronounced:

dug // LAM-bohrn

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
A a	cat
B b	bat
D d	day
G g	get
L l	leg
M m	man
N n	not
OH oh	most
R r	rag
U u	cup

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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