Luis Gutiérrez, Representative for Illinois's 4th Congressional District

Gutiérrez is the representative for Illinois’s 4^th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 5, 1993. Gutiérrez is next up for reelection in 2018.

Alleged misconduct & resolution

In 2017 Gutiérrez was investigated for having been arrested during a December protest outside of the White House. The House Committee on Ethics recommended no action as the fine has been paid. On November 28, 2017, Representative Gutiérrez announced he would not seek reelection to Congress.

Dec. 21, 2017	House Committee on Ethics recommended no action as the fine was paid
Nov. 28, 2017	Representative Gutiérrez announced he would not seek reelection to Congress.

In 2017 Gutiérrez was investigated for having been arrested during a protest outside of the White House. The House Committee on Ethics recommended no action as the fine has been paid. On November 28, 2017, Representative Gutiérrez announced he would not seek reelection to Congress.

Sep. 14, 2017	House Committee on Ethics adopted a report recommending no action as the fine was paid
Nov. 28, 2017	Representative Gutiérrez announced he would not seek reelection to Congress.

In 2013 Gutiérrez was investigated for using funds from his Members Representational Allowance from 2003-2013 for an impermissible purpose - to retain an individual to provide services to his congressional office that more closely resemble those provided by an employee or consultant, rather than a contractor. In March 2018, the House Committee on Ethics reproved Gutiérrez for using his Member Representational Allowance inappropriately, albeit possibly unwittingly, and ordered him to reimburse the US Treasury for that use. On November 28, 2017, Representative Gutiérrez announced he would not seek reelection.

Dec. 4, 2013	House Office of Congressional Ethics recommended that the Committee on Ethics further review the allegation
May. 5, 2014	House Committee on Ethics published the Office of Congressional Ethics Report and Findings and the member's response.
Jan. 2, 2015	House Committee on Ethics reported that the review would continue into the next Congress.
Jan. 2, 2017	House Committee on Ethics reported that the review would continue into the next Congress.
Nov. 28, 2017	Gutiérrez announced he would not seek reelection.
Mar. 22, 2018	House Committee on Ethics reproved Gutiérrez for using his Member Representational Allowance inappropriately, albeit possibly unwittingly, and ordered him to reimburse the US Treasury for that use

In 2011 Gutiérrez was investigated for having been arrested during a protest outside of the White House in 2011. The House Committee on Ethics recommended no action as the fine has been paid. On November 28, 2017, Representative Gutiérrez announced he would not seek reelection to Congress.

Aug. 5, 2011	House Committee on Ethics recommended no action as the fine has been paid
Nov. 28, 2017	Gutiérrez announced he would not seek reelection.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Gutiérrez.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

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

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% NIAC Action: A League of Conservation Voters: 91% American Civil Liberties Union: 82% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 30% FreedomWorks: 16% The Club for Growth: 5% Americans for Prosperity: 3% NumbersUSA: 3%

Committee Membership

Luis Gutiérrez sits on the following committees:

House Committee on the Judiciary
- Member, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security

Enacted Legislation

Gutiérrez was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

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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 about one third or more of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Gutiérrez sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Private Legislation (50%) Immigration (25%) Taxation (25%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Gutiérrez’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.J.Res. 99: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes. Apr 28, 2017. Passed 382/30. This bill extended federal government funding through May 5, 2017. It was enacted on the day funding was to end. The federal government is currently funded through "continuing appropriations" legislation that maintains government spending levels as they were for arbitrary periods of time. Traditionally, though ...
No	H.Res. 546: Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 22) to authorize funds for Federal-aid ... Dec 3, 2015. Passed 384/40.
No	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
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.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 ...
No	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Nay	H.R. 2499 (111th): Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2010 Apr 29, 2010. Passed 223/169.
No	H.Res. 801 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3688) to implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. Nov 7, 2007. Passed 349/55.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Apr 2018, Gutiérrez missed 2,135 of 16,806 roll call votes, which is 12.7%. This is much 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
1993 Jan-Mar	127	15	11.8%	92^nd
1993 Apr-Jun	190	20	10.5%	81^st
1993 Jul-Sep	164	10	6.1%	89^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	3	2.2%	62^nd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	14	14.7%	94^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	16	7.3%	86^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	4	2.8%	50^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	50^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	13	4.7%	86^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	7	3.7%	70^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	56^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	14	7.6%	88^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	10	9.1%	86^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	12	6.6%	88^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	10	6.1%	85^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	6	8.5%	89^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	11	6.3%	88^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	6	2.6%	63^rd
1997 Oct-Nov	163	8	4.9%	81^st
1998 Jan-Mar	89	7	7.9%	80^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	8	4.3%	71^st
1998 Jul-Sep	199	5	2.5%	54^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	3	3.9%	66^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	9	4.9%	75^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	16	7.8%	95^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	12	8.2%	85^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	8	8.4%	80^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	39	14.1%	94^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	12	9.2%	90^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	21	20.8%	85^th
2001 Jan-Mar	73	5	6.8%	89^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	6	4.4%	78^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	10	6.7%	87^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	11	7.2%	87^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	20	25.3%	99^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	43	21.2%	98^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	14	9.9%	86^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	10	16.4%	93^rd
2003 Jan-Mar	94	19	20.2%	99^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	25	10.5%	93^rd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	24	12.4%	96^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	42	27.8%	99^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	24	23.1%	96^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	36	16.3%	99^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	25	15.5%	92^nd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	5	8.6%	76^th
2005 Jan-Mar	85	11	12.9%	96^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	34	12.5%	96^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	29	19.9%	99^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	29	17.8%	97^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	7	8.6%	88^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	31	11.2%	97^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	39	24.5%	99^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	9	33.3%	96^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	18	8.5%	93^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	78	19.8%	97^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	29	9.1%	95^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	44	16.7%	98^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	33	22.1%	97^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	42	13.1%	97^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	25	12.2%	93^rd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	10	66.7%	99^th
2009 Jan-Mar	170	20	11.8%	96^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	30	9.9%	95^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	25	9.3%	94^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	28	11.4%	93^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	71	36.4%	100^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	31	14.2%	94^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	25	16.6%	97^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	24	24.2%	95^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	13	6.1%	93^rd
2011 Apr-Jun	281	21	7.5%	92^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	28	11.3%	94^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	58	27.9%	98^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	17	11.3%	92^nd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	29	9.7%	91^st
2012 Jul-Sep	152	23	15.1%	95^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	11	21.6%	97^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	14	15.7%	95^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	37	17.2%	97^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	32	16.0%	98^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	25	18.2%	97^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	27	18.2%	97^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	52	23.7%	98^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	19	12.9%	95^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	5	10.2%	93^rd
2015 Jan-Mar	144	32	22.2%	98^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	29	11.9%	96^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	28	20.1%	98^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	19	10.7%	96^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	19	13.9%	90^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	42	20.6%	97^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	37	15.9%	96^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	4	8.3%	89^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	32	15.4%	97^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	28	20.6%	98^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	16	8.0%	89^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	37	22.2%	98^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	31	24.0%	97^th
2018 Apr-Apr	18	5	27.8%	95^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

Luis Gutiérrez is pronounced:

loo-EES // GOO-tee-er-ez

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
E e	bed
EE ee	meet
ER er	her
G g	get
L l	leg
OO oo	soon
S s	sit
T t	top
Z z	zebra

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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