Trahan is the representative for Massachusetts’s 3rd congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2019. Trahan is next up for reelection in 2020.
Alleged misconduct & resolution
In September 2019, Trahan was accused of accepting excessive campaign contributions and failing to file required disclosure documents. In December 2019, the House Committee on Ethics published the Office of Congressional Ethics Report and Findings and the member's response.
| Aug. 18, 2019 | Office of Congressional Ethics recommended further review by the House Committee on Ethics |
| Dec. 17, 2019 | House Committee on Ethics published the Office of Congressional Ethics Report and Findings and the member's response. |
![Photo of Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA3]](/static/legislator-photos/412781-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Trahan.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Trahan 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 Trahan has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Mar 31, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Lori Trahan sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Trahan was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1938: Small Employer Retirement Savings Auto-Enrollment Credit Act
- H.R. 984: Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Act of 2019
Does 2 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
Trahan sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (50%) Labor and Employment (25%) Sports and Recreation (25%)
Recent Bills
Some of Trahan’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6020: To require an evaluation by the Government Accountability Office of the social, economic, ...
- H.R. 5768: Accreditation Reform Act of 2020
- H.Res. 815: Supporting Minor League Baseball, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4974: MATE Act of 2019
- H.R. 4853: National Family Caregiver Support Program Cap Elimination Act of 2019
- H.R. 4430: Clean Data in Higher Education Act of 2019
- H.R. 4371: Strengthen CTE in Higher Education Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Mar 2020, Trahan missed 3 of 803 roll call votes, which is 0.4%. 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.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
- Office of Lori Trahan for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
