Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
Former Representative for New Mexico’s 1st District
pronounced mih-SHEL // LOO-hon GRIH-shum
Lujan Grisham was the representative for New Mexico’s 1st congressional district and was a Democrat. She served from 2013 to 2018.
![Photo of Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM1, 2013-2018]](/static/legislator-photos/412558-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2017 Report Card for Lujan Grisham.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Lujan Grisham 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 Lujan Grisham sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2013 to Dec 21, 2018. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Lujan Grisham was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 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
Lujan Grisham sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (22%) Agriculture and Food (17%) Housing and Community Development (13%) Taxation (12%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (10%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Education (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Lujan Grisham recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 7152 (115th): To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the San …
- H.R. 7088 (115th): Crop Insurance Fairness Act of 2018
- H.R. 6656 (115th): Start Allocating Funds Efficiently to States Act
- H.R. 6410 (115th): ANTIQUITIES Act of 2018
- H.R. 5824 (115th): Assist Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018
- H.R. 5371 (115th): Education for Jobs Act
- H.R. 5184 (115th): Accelerating Innovative Conservation Technologies and Practices Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Dec 2018, Lujan Grisham missed 219 of 3,739 roll call votes, which is 5.9%. This is much 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
