Speier is the representative for California’s 14th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2013. Speier is next up for reelection in 2020.
She was previously the representative for California’s 12th congressional district as a Democrat from 2008 to 2012.
![Photo of Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA14]](/static/legislator-photos/412259-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Speier.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Speier 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 Speier has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 17, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Jackie Speier sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Armed Services
- Military Personnel subcommittee Chair
Strategic Forces subcommittees -
House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Environment, Government Operations subcommittees
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Enacted Legislation
Speier was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 2191 (114th): Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2015
- H.R. 6982 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 210 South Ellsworth Avenue in San Mateo, California, as the “Leo J. Ryan Post Office ...
Does 2 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
Speier sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Crime and Law Enforcement (16%) Government Operations and Politics (15%) Education (14%) Armed Forces and National Security (14%) Transportation and Public Works (14%) Health (11%) International Affairs (8%) Commerce (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Speier’s most recently sponsored bills include...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Apr 2008 to Jan 2020, Speier missed 852 of 8,235 roll call votes, which is 10.3%. This is much 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.
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
