![Photo of Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY6]](/static/legislator-photos/412560-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 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 liberal–conservative 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 6, 2015 to Dec 11, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Grace Meng sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Appropriations
- Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Homeland Security
- Member, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
- House Committee on Ethics
Enacted Legislation
Meng was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 423: 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.
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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Meng sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (17%) International Affairs (16%) Arts, Culture, Religion (14%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Transportation and Public Works (11%) Environmental Protection (9%) Commerce (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Meng’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5253: 21st Century Youth Entrepreneurship Act
- H.R. 5243: Closing the Homework Gap Through Mobile Hotspots Act
- H.R. 5182: To prohibit the Department of Defense from deploying strategic assets of the United ...
- H.R. 5097: Total Recall Act
- H.R. 4928: New Deal for New Americans Act of 2019
- H.Res. 607: Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Day of Non-Violence.
- H.R. 4570: Notch Fairness Act of 2019
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Dec 2019, Meng missed 193 of 4,416 roll call votes, which is 4.4%. This is worse 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.
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
