Thompson is the representative for California’s 5th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. Thompson is next up for reelection in 2020.
He was previously the representative for California’s 1st congressional district as a Democrat from 1999 to 2012.
![Photo of Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA5]](/static/legislator-photos/400403-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Thompson.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Thompson 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 Thompson has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Sep 20, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Mike Thompson sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Ways and Means
- Chair, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
- Member, Subcommittee on Health
Enacted Legislation
Thompson was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 2254 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2635 Napa Street in Vallejo, California, as the “Janet Capello Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 3327: Jack Alderson Toxic Exposure Declassification Act
- H.R. 5106 (113th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Admiral Callaghan Lane in Vallejo, California, as the “Philmore Graham Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 3004 (112th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 260 California Drive in Yountville, California, as the “Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post ...
- H.R. 6387 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 337 West Clark Street in Eureka, California, as the “Sam Sacco Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 6237 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1351 2nd Street in Napa, California, as the “Tom Kongsgaard Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 2429 (110th): To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the 60-day limit on Medicare reciprocal billing arrangements between two physicians during the ...
Does 13 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
Thompson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (31%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (18%) Crime and Law Enforcement (11%) Health (11%) Commerce (8%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Education (7%) Immigration (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Thompson’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4199: Safer Communities Act of 2019
- H.R. 4161: COMP Act
- H.R. 4070: Commonsense Reporting Act of 2019
- H.R. 3961: Renewable Energy Extension Act of 2019
- H.R. 3589: Greg LeMond Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 3370: Refuge System Protection Act
- H.R. 3301: Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1999 to Sep 2019, Thompson missed 195 of 14,061 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
