Lois Frankel, Representative for Florida's 21st Congressional District

Frankel is the representative for Florida’s 21^st congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2017. Frankel is next up for reelection in 2018.

She was previously the representative for Florida’s 22^nd congressional district as a Democrat from 2013 to 2016.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Frankel.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

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

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% American Civil Liberties Union: 94% NIAC Action: A League of Conservation Voters: 91% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 43% NumbersUSA: 18% FreedomWorks: 11% The Club for Growth: 4% Americans for Prosperity: 3%

Committee Membership

Lois Frankel sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
- Member, Subcommittee on The Middle East and North Africa
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Frankel sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Education (14%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (14%) Armed Forces and National Security (14%) Immigration (14%) Health (14%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (10%) Commerce (10%) Transportation and Public Works (10%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Frankel’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	S. 2040: Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act Sep 28, 2016. Passed 348/77. After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a federal commission was created to fact-find as much information as possible about the planning, funding, and carrying-out of the attacks. The final report ran more than 500 pages, but much intrigue has centered around 28 pages redacted ...
Yea	H.R. 5461: Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act Sep 21, 2016. Passed 282/143.
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 ...
Nay	H.Res. 162: Calling on the President to provide Ukraine with military assistance to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Mar 23, 2015. Passed 348/48.
Nay	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Yea	H.R. 4681 (113th): Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 Dec 10, 2014. Passed 325/100.
No	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
No	H.R. 10 (113th): Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act May 9, 2014. Passed 360/45.
No	H.R. 3309 (113th): Innovation Act Dec 5, 2013. Passed 325/91.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Apr 2018, Frankel missed 132 of 3,386 roll call votes, which is 3.9%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% 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
2013 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	67^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	2	0.9%	38^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	10	5.0%	83^rd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	1	0.7%	30^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	16	10.8%	92^nd
2014 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	35^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	2	1.4%	49^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	3	2.1%	50^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	6	2.5%	71^st
2015 Jul-Sep	139	2	1.4%	53^rd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	31^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	4	2.9%	53^rd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	8	3.9%	70^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	42^nd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	20	9.6%	93^rd
2017 Apr-Jun	136	6	4.4%	79^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	20	10.1%	91^st
2017 Oct-Dec	167	6	3.6%	71^st
2018 Jan-Mar	129	6	4.7%	70^th
2018 Apr-Apr	18	12	66.7%	99^th

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

Lois Frankel is pronounced:

LOH-is // FRANGK-uhl

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
A a	cat
F f	fat
I i	pin
K k	king
L l	leg
NG ng	sing
OH oh	most
R r	rag
S s	sit
UH uh	cup

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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