Blunt Rochester is the representative for Delaware’s at-large district and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2017. Blunt Rochester is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. She is 61 years old.
![Photo of Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester [D-DE]](/static/legislator-photos/412689-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Blunt Rochester.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Blunt Rochester 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 Blunt Rochester has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 29, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Lisa Blunt Rochester sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Blunt Rochester was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 4407 (117th): TRAIN Act
- H.R. 1215 (117th): Fraud and Scam Reduction Act
- H.R. 5972 (116th): Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office Dedication Act
- H.R. 5361 (116th): Safe Drinking Water Assistance Act of 2019
Does 4 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
Blunt Rochester sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (53%) Commerce (11%) Environmental Protection (11%) Energy (8%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Blunt Rochester recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 2412: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to increase national …
- H.R. 2411: To amend the Public Health Service Act to support and stabilize the existing …
- H.Res. 180: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Thomas Garrett was and …
- H.R. 1114: Long COVID RECOVERY NOW Act
- H.R. 1066: CARING for Social Determinants Act of 2023
- H.R. 762: Building Resilient Supply Chains Act
- H.R. 763: Supply CHAINS Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to Mar 2023, Blunt Rochester missed 28 of 3,344 roll call votes, which is 0.8%. This is better than the median of 1.6% 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
- House Democratic Caucus for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
