Lee Zeldin, Representative for New York's 1st Congressional District

Zeldin is the representative for New York’s 1^st congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 6, 2015. Zeldin is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Zeldin.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Zeldin 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 Zeldin has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

NumbersUSA: 94% Americans for Prosperity: 93% United States Chamber of Commerce: 89% FreedomWorks: 75% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B The Club for Growth: 63% Human Rights Campaign: 48% NIAC Action: D American Civil Liberties Union: 11% League of Conservation Voters: 11% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Lee Zeldin sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Member, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
- Member, Subcommittee on The Middle East and North Africa

Enacted Legislation

Zeldin was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.J.Res. 132: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to “Indirect Auto ...

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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

Zeldin sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (26%) International Affairs (18%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (13%) Crime and Law Enforcement (11%) Finance and Financial Sector (11%) Education (8%) Health (8%) Government Operations and Politics (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of Zeldin’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Zeldin’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	S. 764: A bill to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes. Jul 14, 2016. Passed 306/117. This bill was the vehicle for passage of the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, which is the form it was enacted it. Prior to amendments, the bill regarded defunding Planned Parenthood and the National Sea Grant College Program. As enacted, the bill created national ...
Nay	H.R. 5602: To amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to include all funds when issuing certain geographic targeting orders, and for ... Jul 11, 2016. Passed 356/47.
Nay	H.R. 4889: Kelsey Smith Act May 23, 2016. Failed 229/158.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. 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 the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...

Missed Votes

From Jan 2015 to Jun 2018, Zeldin missed 24 of 2,323 roll call votes, which is 1.0%. This is better than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2015 Jan-Mar	144	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	1	0.7%	34^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	2	1.5%	32^nd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	23^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	1	2.1%	61^st
2017 Jan-Mar	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	2	1.5%	45^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	4	2.0%	72^nd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Jun	159	13	8.2%	83^rd

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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Lee Zeldin is pronounced:

lee // ZEL-dun

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
D d	day
E e	bed
EE ee	meet
L l	leg
N n	not
U u	cup
Z z	zebra

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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