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 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
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. In July 2020, the House Committee on Ethics published its report dismissing the charges since the alleged excessive contributions were part of joint holdings with her spouse and any reporting errors were unintentional.
| 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. |
| Jul. 16, 2020 | House Committee on Ethics published its report dismissing the charges since the alleged excessive contributions were part of joint holdings with her spouse and any reporting errors were unintentional. |
![Photo of Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA3]](/static/legislator-photos/412781-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 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 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 3, 2017 to Feb 26, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Enacted Legislation
Trahan was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 7474 (116th): Comprehensive Review of Military Suicide Act
- H.R. 1938 (116th): Small Employer Retirement Savings Auto-Enrollment Credit Act
- H.R. 984 (116th): Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Act of 2019
Does 3 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 (36%) Labor and Employment (21%) Armed Forces and National Security (14%) Health (14%) Sports and Recreation (14%)
Recent Bills
Some of Trahan’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 850: College Athlete Economic Freedom Act
- H.R. 8468 (116th): STRONG Act of 2020
- H.R. 8317 (116th): To encourage employer participation in the national apprenticeship system.
- H.R. 7474 (116th): Comprehensive Review of Military Suicide Act
- H.R. 7023 (116th): To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a program that ...
- H.R. 6793 (116th): Pandemic Production Act
- H.R. 6020 (116th): To require an evaluation by the Government Accountability Office of the social, ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Mar 2021, Trahan missed 3 of 1,005 roll call votes, which is 0.3%. This is better than the median of 2.0% 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
