Rep. Leonard Lance
Former Representative for New Jersey’s 7th District
pronounced LEH-nerd // lans
Lance was the representative for New Jersey’s 7th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2009 to 2018.
![Photo of Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ7, 2009-2018]](/static/legislator-photos/412290-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Lance.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Lance is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2018 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 Lance sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2013 to Dec 21, 2018. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Lance was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 5810 (115th): Medicaid Health Homes for Opioid-Use-Disorder Medicaid Enrollees Encouraged Act
- H.R. 2815 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 30 East Somerset Street in Raritan, New Jersey, as the “Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone Post …
- H.R. 2335 (115th): Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2017
- H.R. 5111 (114th): Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016
- H.R. 3941 (114th): To provide for emergency preparedness for energy supply disruptions.
Does 5 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
Lance sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (47%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Science, Technology, Communications (13%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) International Affairs (9%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Lance recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 1154 (115th): Affirming the importance of the Orphan Drug Act, applauding its lifesaving contributions …
- H.R. 6600 (115th): DEA Order Clearinghouse Act of 2018
- H.Res. 1015 (115th): Commending the Department of Justice for its investigation into the interference by …
- H.R. 5810 (115th): Medicaid Health Homes for Opioid-Use-Disorder Medicaid Enrollees Encouraged Act
- H.R. 5709 (115th): PIRATE Act
- H.Res. 803 (115th): Expressing support for designation of the weeks of March 25, 2018, through …
- H.R. 5353 (115th): Eliminating Opioid Related Infectious Diseases Act of 2018
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2009 to Dec 2018, Lance missed 4 of 7,000 roll call votes, which is 0.1%. This is better than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2018. 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
