Rep. Lois Capps

Representative from California’s 24^th District

Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	State / District
2013-2016	Representative	California's 24^th District
2003-2012	Representative	California's 23^rd District
1998-2002	Representative	California's 22^nd District

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2014 Report Card

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Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Capps has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her 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). Capps is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

Lois Capps sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Power
- Member, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy
- Member, Subcommittee on Health

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Mar 1998 to Mar 2015, Capps missed 262 of 11,587 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1998 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	68^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	36^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	28	36.4%	99^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	2	1.1%	26^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	14	9.6%	88^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	24	25.3%	93^rd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	4	1.4%	35^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	1	0.8%	30^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	3	3.0%	26^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	39^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	5	3.7%	69^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	3	2.0%	51^st
2001 Oct-Dec	153	3	2.0%	46^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	1	0.5%	14^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	2	0.8%	30^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	2	1.0%	32^nd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	15	9.9%	89^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	2	1.9%	31^st
2004 Apr-Jun	221	4	1.8%	41^st
2004 Jul-Sep	161	3	1.9%	36^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	1	1.7%	43^rd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	7	7.8%	82^nd
2005 Apr-Jun	272	5	1.8%	49^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	9	6.2%	83^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	47^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	4	4.9%	75^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	3	1.1%	24^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	1	0.6%	29^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	19^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	5	1.3%	42^nd
2007 Jul-Sep	317	6	1.9%	51^st
2007 Oct-Dec	263	3	1.1%	22^nd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	1	0.3%	10^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	3	1.5%	33^rd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	1	0.6%	22^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	9	3.0%	65^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	10	3.7%	77^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	2	0.8%	18^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	16	8.2%	86^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	27^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	22^nd
2010 Nov-Dec	99	8	8.1%	74^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	4	1.9%	66^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	2	0.7%	34^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	2	0.8%	36^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	11	5.3%	82^nd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	3	5.9%	71^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	66^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	3	1.5%	52^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	1	0.7%	29^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	2	1.4%	39^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	2	1.4%	48^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	2	4.1%	75^th
2015 Jan-Mar	107	3	2.8%	58^th