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Rep. Harley Rouda

Former Representative for California’s 48th District

pronounced HAHR-lee // ROO-duh


Rouda was the representative for California’s 48th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2019 to 2020.

Photo of Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA48, 2019-2020]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 Report Card for Rouda.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Rouda is shown as a purple triangle in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2020 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 Rouda sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 28, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

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

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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 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Rouda sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Transportation and Public Works (21%) Government Operations and Politics (21%) Taxation (16%) Crime and Law Enforcement (11%) Sports and Recreation (11%) International Affairs (11%) Environmental Protection (11%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Rouda recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Rouda voted Yea

Passed 327/85 on Dec 21, 2020.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, a major government funding bill, which also included economic stimulus provisions due …

Rouda voted Yea

Rouda voted Yea

Missed Votes

From Jan 2019 to Dec 2020, Rouda missed 20 of 954 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2020. 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: