Rep. Hakeem Jeffries

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Jeffries.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Jeffries 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 Jeffries has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 17, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Jeffries was the primary sponsor of 11 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 7181 (117th): Human Trafficking Prevention Act of 2022
• H.R. 5796 (117th): Patents for Humanity Act of 2022
• H.R. 2471 (117th): Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
• H.R. 2093 (117th): Veterans and Family Information Act
• H.R. 704 (117th): ARTS Act
• H.R. 4508 (116th): Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act
• H.R. 2426 (116th): CASE Act of 2019

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Does 11 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

Jeffries sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (41%) Commerce (21%) Health (10%) International Affairs (8%) Armed Forces and National Security (5%) Transportation and Public Works (5%) Environmental Protection (5%) Education (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Jeffries recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.Res. 1471 (117th): Electing a certain Member to a certain standing committee of the House …
• H.Res. 1347 (117th): Electing certain Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
• H.R. 8643 (117th): Student Loan Literacy Act of 2022
• H.Res. 1173 (117th): Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
• H.R. 7273 (117th): Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act
• H.R. 7181 (117th): Human Trafficking Prevention Act of 2022
• H.R. 6734 (117th): Keep America’s Refuges Operational Act of 2022

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

As House Minority Leader, Jeffries may be focused on his responsibilities other than introducing legislation, such as setting the chamber’s agenda, uniting his party, and brokering deals.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Mar 2023, Jeffries missed 148 of 5,834 roll call votes, which is 2.5%. This is worse than the median of 1.5% 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, major life events, and running for higher office.

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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