Rep. Jared Golden

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Golden 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 Golden has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 13, 2021. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Enacted Legislation

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

• H.R. 8076 (116th): State Veterans Homes Domiciliary Care Flexibility Act
• H.R. 4833: Multigenerational Engagement Act of 2019
• H.R. 459: Acadia National Park Boundary Clarification Act

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Golden sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Commerce (41%) Armed Forces and National Security (24%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (24%) Health (12%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.Res. 1251: Expressing support for the designation of December 19, 2020, as “National Wreaths Across ...
• H.R. 8631 (116th): Responsible Ownership of Firearms Act of 2020
• H.R. 8537: To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to modify any caps ...
• H.R. 8076 (116th): State Veterans Homes Domiciliary Care Flexibility Act
• H.R. 8040 (116th): Small Business Last Mile Act of 2020
• H.R. 8005: Veterans Access to Online Treatment Act
• H.R. 7684: Pandemic Care for Burn Pits Exposure Act of 2020

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2019 to Jan 2021, Golden missed 1 of 971 roll call votes, which is 0.1%. This is better than the median of 2.0% 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
• Office of Jared Golden for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills