Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Napolitano has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Napolitano is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Napolitano for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Grace Napolitano sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans
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House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Napolitano sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (45%) Water Resources Development (36%) Environmental Protection (18%)
Recent Bills
Some of Napolitano’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 3114: To provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers to hire veterans and ...
- H.R. 1211: Mental Health in Schools Act of 2015
- H.R. 291: Water in the 21st Century Act
- H.R. 5363 (113th): W21
- H.R. 4258 (113th): SECURE Water Amendments Act
- H.R. 745 (113th): To reauthorize the Water Desalination Act of 1996.
- H.R. 628 (113th): Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013
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Voting Record
From Jan 1999 to Sep 2016, Napolitano missed 496 of 12,245 roll call votes, which is 4.1%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 33 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills