Rep. Hakeem Jeffries

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 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, 2017 to May 4, 2021. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Hakeem Jeffries sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on the Budget
• House Committee on the Judiciary

Enacted Legislation

Jeffries was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 4508 (116th): Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act
• H.R. 3979 (115th): Keep America’s Refuges Operational Act
• H.R. 1527 (114th): Slain Officer Family Support Act of 2015
• H.R. 544 (114th): Slain Officer Family Support Act of 2015
• H.R. 5108 (113th): To establish the Law School Clinic Certification Program of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes.

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Does 5 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 (50%) Commerce (22%) Health (9%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (6%) Government Operations and Politics (6%) Armed Forces and National Security (6%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 2883: To enable the Federal Trade Commission to deter filing of sham citizen petitions ...
• H.R. 2694: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for transportation and subsistence ...
• H.R. 2471: To measure the progress of post-disaster recovery and efforts to address corruption, governance, ...
• H.R. 2093: Veterans and Family Information Act
• H.R. 2026: To assist in the conservation of highly endangered amphibian species in foreign countries, ...
• H.Res. 244: Electing a certain Member to a certain standing committee of the House of ...
• H.R. 1924: To provide first-time, low-level, nonviolent simple possession offenders an opportunity to expunge that ...

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As House Democratic Caucus Chair, 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 Apr 2021, Jeffries missed 144 of 4,826 roll call votes, which is 3.0%. 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