Gomez is the representative for California’s 34th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jul 11, 2017. Gomez is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA34]](/static/legislator-photos/412739-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 Report Card for Gomez.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Gomez 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 Gomez has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Dec 3, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Jimmy Gomez sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Environment subcommittees
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House Committee on Ways and Means
Health, Worker and Family Support subcommittees
Enacted Legislation
Gomez was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1564: Student Loan Tax Relief Act
- H.R. 3421 (116th): Fair Choices for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2019
- H.R. 3039 (116th): To provide for a 5-year extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs.
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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Gomez sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (37%) Health (21%) Immigration (11%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Transportation and Public Works (5%) Education (5%) Social Welfare (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Gomez’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5900: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2016 …
- H.R. 5219: Affordable Housing Equity Act of 2021
- H.R. 5188: New Home Energy Efficiency Act of 2021
- H.R. 5187: Home Energy Savings Act of 2021
- H.R. 5011: Choose Medicare Act
- H.R. 5012: Language Access for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021
- H.R. 4817: Affordable EVs for Working Families Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jul 2017 to Dec 2021, Gomez missed 43 of 2,224 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is on par with 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
- Office of Representative Gomez for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
