Gerald Connolly, Representative for Virginia's 11th Congressional District

Connolly is the representative for Virginia’s 11^th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 6, 2009. Connolly is next up for reelection in 2020 and serves until Jan 3, 2021 unless re-elected.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 Report Card for Connolly.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Connolly 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 Connolly has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Sep 25, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% League of Conservation Voters: 94% NIAC Action: A American Civil Liberties Union: 86% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 58% NumbersUSA: 23% FreedomWorks: 15% Americans for Prosperity: 13% The Club for Growth: 8%

Committee Membership

Gerald Connolly sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Oversight and Reform
- Government Operations subcommittee Chair
Economic and Consumer Policy subcommittees
House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation, Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Connolly was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:

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Does 4 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Connolly sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (57%) International Affairs (21%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Connolly voted Aye

H.Res. 748: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1865) to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that ...

Passed 235/175 on Feb 27, 2018.

Connolly voted Nay

H.R. 1695: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017

Passed 378/48 on Apr 26, 2017.

This bill would change the appointment process for the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, known as the Register of Copyrights. Currently the Register of ...

Connolly voted Aye

H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act

Passed 218/208 on Jun 18, 2015.

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. ...

Connolly voted Yea

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

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 ...

Connolly voted Yea

H.J.Res. 35: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.

Failed 203/224 on Feb 27, 2015.

Connolly voted Yea

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

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 ...

Connolly voted Aye

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Connolly voted Yea

H.Res. 288 (113th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2609) making appropriations for energy and water development and related ...

Passed 226/178 on Jul 9, 2013.

Connolly voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

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 ...

Connolly voted Aye

H.Res. 276 (112th): Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1540) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for ...

Passed 243/170 on May 25, 2011.

Connolly voted Yea

H.Res. 264 (112th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 754) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for intelligence ...

Passed 251/133 on May 12, 2011.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2009 to Sep 2020, Connolly missed 66 of 7,907 roll call votes, which is 0.8%. This is better than the median of 2.2% 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2009 Jan-Mar	174	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	6	2.0%	46^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	1	0.4%	11^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	2	0.8%	18^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	9	4.6%	64^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	11^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	20^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	2	2.0%	36^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	24^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	1	0.4%	19^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	1	0.5%	16^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	22^nd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	1	0.3%	17^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	31^st
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	3	1.4%	41^st
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	43^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	3	2.0%	51^st
2014 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	26^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	0	0.0%	0^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	1	0.6%	32^nd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	3	2.2%	43^rd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	6	2.9%	62^nd
2016 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	22^nd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	1	0.7%	31^st
2017 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	4	2.4%	56^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	1	0.8%	23^rd
2018 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	16^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	2	2.0%	53^rd
2018 Nov-Dec	85	1	1.2%	33^rd
2019 Jan-Mar	136	6	4.4%	79^th
2019 Apr-Jun	294	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Jul-Sep	125	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	1	0.7%	27^th
2020 Jan-Mar	102	1	1.0%	35^th
2020 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jul-Sep	73	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

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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