Lucille Roybal-Allard, Representative for California's 40th Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Roybal-Allard 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). Roybal-Allard is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Roybal-Allard for more statistics.

Committee Membership

Lucille Roybal-Allard sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Appropriations
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Homeland Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Roybal-Allard sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (47%) Immigration (22%) Labor and Employment (16%) Education (9%) Families (6%)

Recent Bills

Some of Roybal-Allard’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1993 to Sep 2016, Roybal-Allard missed 398 of 15,905 roll call votes, which is 2.5%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 75 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1993 Jan-Mar	127	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	8	4.2%	58^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	23^rd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	27^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	1	0.4%	17^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	1	0.5%	20^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	12	6.6%	86^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	1	0.6%	23^rd
1997 Jan-Mar	71	1	1.4%	38^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	27^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	3	1.8%	50^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	23^rd
1998 Apr-Jun	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	32	16.1%	97^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	3	4.1%	66^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	1	1.3%	33^rd
1999 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	15^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	3	1.5%	47^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	7	7.4%	70^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	33	11.9%	92^nd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	1	1.0%	11^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	9	6.7%	85^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	3	2.0%	51^st
2001 Oct-Dec	153	2	1.3%	36^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	9	11.4%	89^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	1	0.5%	14^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	1	0.7%	25^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	41^st
2003 Jan-Mar	94	3	3.2%	64^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	21	10.9%	92^nd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	3	2.0%	34^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	6	5.8%	59^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	2	0.9%	24^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	7	4.3%	53^rd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	1	1.7%	43^rd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	10	11.1%	93^rd
2005 Apr-Jun	272	2	0.7%	26^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	56	34.4%	99^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	5	6.2%	80^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	5	1.8%	47^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	19^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	2	0.5%	18^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	4	1.3%	31^st
2007 Oct-Dec	263	5	1.9%	32^nd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	4	2.7%	40^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	3	0.9%	18^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	3	1.5%	33^rd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	51^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	2	0.7%	19^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	4	1.5%	42^nd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	4	1.6%	33^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	4	1.8%	39^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	3	1.4%	56^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	3	1.1%	44^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	3	1.2%	46^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	1	0.5%	18^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	20	13.2%	95^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	7	2.3%	61^st
2012 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	33^rd
2012 Nov-Dec	51	12	23.5%	97^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	82	2	2.4%	66^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	3	1.4%	42^nd
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	10	7.3%	86^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	6	4.1%	71^st
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	3	2.0%	61^st
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	3	2.1%	49^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	6	2.5%	71^st
2015 Jul-Sep	139	5	3.6%	75^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	6	4.4%	61^st
2016 Apr-Jun	204	1	0.5%	19^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	41^st

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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