Rep. Grace Meng

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 Report Card for Meng.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Meng 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 Meng has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Dec 3, 2021. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Grace Meng sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Appropriations
  Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Meng was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 423 (115th): Anti-Spoofing Act of 2017
• H.R. 4238 (114th): To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act and the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 to modernize terms relating to minorities.
• H.R. 4028 (113th): To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include the desecration of cemeteries among the many forms of violations of the right to religious freedom.

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Does 3 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

Meng sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (18%) Health (17%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Arts, Culture, Religion (12%) Immigration (11%) Education (11%) Transportation and Public Works (10%) Commerce (9%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.Res. 824: Recognizing the 75th anniversary of United Spinal Association, a leading national advocacy organization …
• H.R. 6044: FEMA Emergency Management Performance Grants Program Reauthorization Act of 2021
• H.R. 5937: Mental Health Workforce and Language Access Act of 2021
• H.R. 4892: Quiet Communities Act of 2021
• H.R. 4838: Youth, Peace, and Security Act of 2021
• H.R. 4837: Honoring Family-Friendly Workplaces Act
• H.Res. 563: Recognizing July 28, 2021, as “World Hepatitis Day”.

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Dec 2021, Meng missed 200 of 5,093 roll call votes, which is 3.9%. This is 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.

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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