Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Chu has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Chu is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Chu for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Judy Chu sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on the Judiciary
- Member, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
- Member, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations
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House Committee on Small Business
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access
- Member, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce
- Member, Subcommittee on Health and Technology
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Chu sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (26%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (17%) Armed Forces and National Security (17%) Health (11%) Water Resources Development (9%) Commerce (9%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (6%) Immigration (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of Chu’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 757: Recognizing the significance of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month in May as an important ...
- H.R. 5234: Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act
- H.R. 5060: Harry Lew Military Hazing Accountability and Prevention Act
- H.R. 4761: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 61 ...
- H.R. 4329: Transparency in Small Business Goaling Act of 2016
- H.R. 4223: POST GRAD Act
- H.R. 4098: Minority-Serving Institution Fairness Act
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Voting Record
From Jul 2009 to Sep 2016, Chu missed 170 of 5,183 roll call votes, which is 3.3%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 52 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills