Honda was the representative for California’s 17th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2013 to 2016.
He was previously the representative for California’s 15th congressional district as a Democrat from 2001 to 2012.
![Photo of Rep. Michael “Mike” Honda [D-CA17, 2013-2016]](/static/legislator-photos/400185-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2016 Report Card for Honda.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Honda is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2016 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 Honda sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 30, 2016. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Honda was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 500 (114th): Survivors of Human Trafficking Empowerment Act
- H.R. 6558 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1750 Lundy Avenue in San Jose, California, as the “Gordon N. Chan Post Office Building”.
Does 2 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
Honda sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (30%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (23%) Taxation (11%) Science, Technology, Communications (8%) Immigration (8%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%) Economics and Public Finance (6%) International Affairs (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Honda recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 6510 (114th): Save the Children Act of 2016
- H.R. 6322 (114th): Norman Yoshio Mineta Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.Res. 907 (114th): Recognizing Filipino American History Month and celebrating the history and culture of …
- H.Res. 910 (114th): Supporting the ideals and goals of the “International Day for the Elimination …
- H.Res. 908 (114th): Expressing support for designation of October 2016 as “Bullying Prevention Month”.
- H.Res. 909 (114th): Expressing support for the right to rescue animals.
- H.R. 6255 (114th): Norman Yoshio Mineta Congressional Gold Medal Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2001 to Dec 2016, Honda missed 492 of 11,092 roll call votes, which is 4.4%. This is worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2016. 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
