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.
![Photo of Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA3]](/static/legislator-photos/412781-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
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 Jun 28, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Lori Trahan sits on the following committees:
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:
Health (24%) Commerce (18%) Education (18%) Labor and Employment (12%) Sports and Recreation (9%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (6%) Environmental Protection (6%) Armed Forces and National Security (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Trahan recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 7145: ASSET Act
- H.Res. 977: Commemorating the life and legacy of Jean-Louis de Kérouac on the centennial of …
- H.Res. 946: Supporting women’s cardiovascular health.
- H.R. 6796: Digital Services Oversight and Safety Act of 2022
- H.R. 6752: DELETE Act
- H.R. 6530: SENIOR Act of 2022
- H.R. 6407: TLDR Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Jun 2022, Trahan missed 5 of 1,702 roll call votes, which is 0.3%. This is better than the median of 2.1% 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
