Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2016 Report Card for Zeldin.
Sponsorship Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Zeldin has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his 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). Zeldin is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Committee Membership
Lee Zeldin sits on the following committees:
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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
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Zeldin sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (39%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (22%) International Affairs (22%) Education (9%) Health (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Zeldin’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 2580: To simplify and improve the Federal student loan program through income-contingent repayment to ...
- H.R. 2182: Plum Island Preservation Act
- H.Res. 279: Recognizing Israeli-American heritage and the contributions of the Israeli-American community to the United ...
- H.R. 2081: To amend the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 ...
- H.R. 1361: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the ...
- H.R. 1195: Local Fishing Access Act
- H.R. 1196: Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2017
Voting Record
Key Votes
| Zeldin’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| 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.
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| Nay |
H.R. 4889: Kelsey Smith Act
May 23, 2016. Failed 229/158.
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| Nay |
H.R. 511: Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015
Nov 17, 2015. Passed 249/177.
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| 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 May 2017, Zeldin missed 5 of 1,610 roll call votes, which is 0.3%. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills