Jerrold Nadler, Representative for New York's 12th Congressional District

Nadler is the representative for New York’s 12^th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2023. Nadler is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 75 years old.

He was previously the representative for New York’s 10^th congressional district as a Democrat from 2013 to 2022; the representative for New York’s 8^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1993 to 2012; and the representative for New York’s 17^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1992 to 1992.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Nadler.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Nadler 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 Nadler has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 21, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Jerrold Nadler sits on the following committees:

House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member

Enacted Legislation

Nadler was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:

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Does 7 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

Nadler sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (30%) Commerce (15%) Finance and Financial Sector (9%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Law (9%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (9%) Labor and Employment (9%) Immigration (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Nadler recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Nadler voted Nay

H.R. 7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Passed 329/101 on Jul 14, 2022.

Nadler voted Nay

H.R. 6395: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Passed 335/78 on Dec 8, 2020.

Nadler voted Nay

H.R. 6395: William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Passed 295/125 on Jul 21, 2020.

Nadler voted Nay

H.R. 910: Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017

Passed 405/2 on May 1, 2017.

H.R. 910 establishes a safe harbor that would allow broker-dealers to issue research reports that cover Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), so that these reports are …

Nadler voted Yea

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of …

Nadler voted Nay

H.R. 1265: Bureau Advisory Commission Transparency Act

Passed 401/2 on Apr 13, 2015.

Nadler voted No

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Nadler voted Nay

H.R. 3474 (113th): Hire More Heroes Act of 2014

Passed 406/1 on Mar 11, 2014.

Nadler voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack …

Nadler voted Nay

H.R. 4825 (111th): To direct unused appropriations for Members’ Representational Allowances to be deposited in the Treasury and used for …

Passed 413/1 on Mar 17, 2010.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Mar 2023, Nadler missed 865 of 19,262 roll call votes, which is 4.5%. This is much worse than 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1993 Jan-Mar	127	3	2.4%	41^st
1993 Apr-Jun	190	7	3.7%	47^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	9	5.5%	90^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	3	2.2%	57^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	10^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	15	6.8%	90^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	19	13.4%	94^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	6	2.2%	59^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	2	1.1%	24^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	5	2.2%	50^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	11	5.9%	79^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	9	8.2%	82^nd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	6	3.3%	61^st
1996 Jul-Sep	163	8	4.9%	76^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	10	14.1%	95^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	8	4.6%	84^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	12	5.2%	86^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	3	1.8%	56^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	7	7.9%	80^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	6	3.2%	71^st
1998 Jul-Sep	199	15	7.5%	87^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	3	4.1%	67^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	3	3.9%	61^st
1999 Apr-Jun	184	8	4.3%	67^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	4	2.0%	59^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	4	2.7%	57^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	3	3.2%	39^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	19	6.9%	88^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	1	0.8%	31^st
2000 Oct-Dec	101	7	6.9%	45^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	5	3.7%	78^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	10	6.7%	89^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	9	5.9%	84^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	1	1.3%	32^nd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	22	10.8%	96^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	33	23.4%	98^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	2	3.3%	63^rd
2003 Jan-Mar	94	9	9.6%	96^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	23	9.6%	93^rd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	8	4.1%	81^st
2003 Oct-Dec	151	6	4.0%	54^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	7	6.7%	72^nd
2004 Apr-Jun	221	12	5.4%	79^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	3	5.2%	65^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	12^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	3	1.1%	31^st
2005 Jul-Sep	146	8	5.5%	92^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	5	3.1%	57^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	3	3.7%	75^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	9	3.3%	71^st
2006 Jul-Sep	159	12	7.5%	90^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	7	3.3%	74^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	32	8.1%	92^nd
2007 Jul-Sep	317	6	1.9%	55^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	8	3.0%	60^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	25^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	36	11.2%	92^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	6	2.9%	61^st
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	3	1.7%	45^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	7	2.3%	57^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	1	0.4%	10^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	8	3.3%	59^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	15	7.7%	89^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	5	2.3%	41^st
2010 Jul-Sep	151	5	3.3%	75^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	2	2.0%	39^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	16	7.5%	95^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	8	2.8%	74^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	11	4.5%	82^nd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	26	12.5%	95^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	18	11.9%	92^nd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	1	0.3%	14^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	7	4.6%	80^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	4	7.8%	76^th
2013 Jan-Jan 112th Congress	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	9	10.1%	90^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	5	2.3%	57^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	13	6.5%	88^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	1	0.7%	24^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	24^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	8	5.4%	84^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	3	6.1%	85^th
2015 Jan-Mar	139	3	2.2%	58^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	3	1.2%	51^st
2015 Jul-Sep	139	2	1.4%	56^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	7	4.0%	82^nd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	4	2.9%	52^nd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	22	10.8%	92^nd
2016 Jul-Sep	232	61	26.3%	99^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	14	6.7%	89^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	1	0.7%	33^rd
2017 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	40^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	5	3.0%	68^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	37^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Nov-Dec	85	2	2.4%	61^st
2019 Jan-Mar	136	4	2.9%	72^nd
2019 Apr-Jun	294	1	0.3%	21^st
2019 Jul-Sep	125	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	12	8.2%	88^th
2020 Jan-Mar	102	13	12.7%	92^nd
2020 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jul-Sep	80	4	5.0%	78^th
2020 Oct-Dec	40	0	0.0%	0^th
2021 Jan-Mar	97	7	7.2%	95^th
2021 Apr-Jun	107	3	2.8%	81^st
2021 Jul-Sep	108	5	4.6%	91^st
2021 Oct-Dec	137	1	0.7%	34^th
2022 Jan-Mar	102	0	0.0%	0^th
2022 Apr-Jun	197	1	0.5%	40^th
2022 Jul-Sep	178	2	1.1%	64^th
2022 Nov-Dec	72	2	2.8%	76^th
2023 Jan-Mar	145	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

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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

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recently Introduced Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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