Himes is the representative for Connecticut’s 4th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 6, 2009. Himes is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 56 years old.
![Photo of Rep. James “Jim” Himes [D-CT4]](/static/legislator-photos/412282-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Himes.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Himes 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 Himes has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 22, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
James “Jim” Himes sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Himes was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 5852 (116th): Weir Farm National Historical Park Redesignation Act
- H.R. 770 (115th): American Innovation $1 Coin Act
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
Himes sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Finance and Financial Sector (23%) Taxation (16%) Crime and Law Enforcement (16%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Education (10%) Science, Technology, Communications (10%) Labor and Employment (6%) Government Operations and Politics (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Himes recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 7128 (117th): Special Measures to Fight Modern Threats Act
- H.R. 5734 (117th): CART Act
- H.R. 5334 (117th): PRIA Act of 2021
- H.R. 4267 (117th): Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2021
- H.R. 4139 (117th): Lori Jackson-Nicolette Elias Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
- H.R. 2655 (117th): Insider Trading Prohibition Act
- H.R. 2656 (117th): To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2009 to Mar 2023, Himes missed 130 of 9,105 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is on par with 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.
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
