Capuano was the representative for Massachusetts’s 7th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2013 to 2018.
He was previously the representative for Massachusetts’s 8th congressional district as a Democrat from 1999 to 2012.
![Photo of Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA7, 2013-2018]](/static/legislator-photos/400063-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Capuano.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Capuano is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2018 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 Capuano sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2013 to Dec 21, 2018. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Capuano was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3093 (115th): Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act
- H.R. 5877 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 655 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, as the “Lance Corporal Alexander Scott Arredondo, United …
- H.R. 6203 (111th): Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site Designation Act
- H.R. 2761 (110th): Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007
Does 4 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
Capuano sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Finance and Financial Sector (46%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Commerce (12%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%) International Affairs (6%) Emergency Management (6%) Immigration (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Capuano recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 6326 (115th): Reunite Separated Families Act of 2018
- H.R. 5815 (115th): CONSENT Act
- H.Res. 798 (115th): Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, …
- H.R. 4303 (115th): Reasonable Policies on Automated License Plate Readers Act
- H.R. 3568 (115th): Black Box Privacy Protection Act
- H.R. 3569 (115th): Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2017
- H.R. 3093 (115th): Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1999 to Dec 2018, Capuano missed 615 of 13,521 roll call votes, which is 4.5%. This is worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2018. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
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
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
