Mfume is the representative for Maryland’s 7th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since May 5, 2020. Mfume is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 74 years old.
He was previously the representative for Maryland’s 7th congressional district as a Democrat from 1987 to 1996.
![Photo of Rep. Kweisi Mfume [D-MD7]](/static/legislator-photos/407672-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Mfume.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Mfume 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 Mfume has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 17, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Kweisi Mfume sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Mfume was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.J.Res. 367 (101st): Designating February 11 through 17, 1990, as “Vocational-Technical Education Week”.
- H.J.Res. 572 (100th): A joint resolution designating November 28 through December 2, 1988, as “Vocational-Technical Education Week”.
Does 2 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
Mfume sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Crime and Law Enforcement (31%) Commerce (31%) Armed Forces and National Security (23%) Arts, Culture, Religion (15%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Mfume recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 1252: Doris Miller Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 1251: To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Doris Miller …
- H.R. 727: National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2023
- H.R. 563: Identifying Mass Shooters Act
- H.R. 475: Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2023
- H.Res. 42: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory …
- H.R. 9698 (117th): Jordan McNair Student-Athlete Heat Fatality Prevention Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1987 to Mar 2023, Mfume missed 297 of 6,102 roll call votes, which is 4.9%. 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.
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
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- House of Representatives for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
