McNerney is the representative for California’s 9th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. McNerney is next up for reelection in 2020 and serves until Jan 3, 2021 unless re-elected.
He was previously the representative for California’s 11th congressional district as a Democrat from 2007 to 2012.
![Photo of Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA9]](/static/legislator-photos/412189-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for McNerney.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
McNerney 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 McNerney has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jul 31, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Jerry McNerney sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Energy subcommittee Vice Chair
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House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Energy subcommittees
Enacted Legislation
McNerney was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 4973: Trusting Commercial Communications Networks Act of 2019
- H.R. 3995: Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2017
- H.R. 1132 (114th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1048 West Robinhood Drive in Stockton, California, as the “W. Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office ...
- H.R. 2406 (112th): To authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real property in Tracy, California, to the City of Tracy.
Does 4 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
McNerney sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Water Resources Development (14%) Science, Technology, Communications (14%) Education (14%) Taxation (14%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Energy (12%) Environmental Protection (10%) Commerce (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of McNerney’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6195: GIRLS STEM Act
- H.R. 6096: READI Act
- H.Res. 876: Expressing support for the designation of February 28, as “Desert Storm Veterans Day”.
- H.R. 5519: Atmospheric Climate Intervention Research Act
- H.R. 5386: Promoting Better Patient Data Security Act of 2019
- H.R. 5302: Western Water Recycling and Drought Relief Act
- H.R. 4973: Trusting Commercial Communications Networks Act of 2019
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2007 to Jul 2020, McNerney missed 188 of 9,755 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% 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
