Nancy Pelosi, Representative for California's 12th Congressional District

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

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Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Pelosi has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Pelosi is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Enacted Legislation

Pelosi was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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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

Pelosi sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Private Legislation (100%)

Recent Bills

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As House Minority Leader, Pelosi may be focused on her responsibilities other than introducing legislation, such as setting the chamber’s agenda, uniting her party, and brokering deals.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Pelosi’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 1695: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017 Apr 26, 2017. Passed 378/48. This bill would change the appointment process for the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, known as the Register of Copyrights. Currently the Register of Copyrights is hired by the Librarian of Congress (who is the head of the Library of Congress). This bill would ...
No	S. 612: A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the “George P. Kazen Federal Building ... Dec 8, 2016. Passed 360/61.
Yea	H.R. 308: Keep the Promise Act of 2015 Nov 16, 2015. Failed 263/146.
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 ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay	S. 25 (113th): South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act Feb 11, 2014. Passed 326/90. This is a budget bill that makes small changes to the budget deal enacted previously. Although the bill began as the "South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act" and had passed the Senate in that form, the House replaced the text of the bill in whole ...
Nay	H.R. 4310 (112th): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 Dec 20, 2012. Passed 315/107.
No	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 ...

Missed Votes

From Jun 1987 to Jun 2017, Pelosi missed 957 of 15,653 roll call votes, which is 6.1%. This is much worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 3 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1987 Apr-Jun	65	1	1.5%	26^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	6	6.3%	70^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	11	6.6%	63^rd
1988 Feb-Mar	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	4	2.5%	56^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	2	1.3%	22^nd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	14	15.7%	89^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	5	4.8%	71^st
1989 Jul-Sep	128	6	4.7%	76^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	5	4.1%	53^rd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	2	1.3%	34^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	6	3.3%	60^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	14	9.8%	86^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	2	3.2%	56^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	11	7.9%	85^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	2	2.5%	48^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	15	9.3%	90^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	1	1.5%	38^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	13	7.0%	83^rd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	14	7.1%	80^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	4	9.8%	83^rd
1993 Jan-Mar	127	5	3.9%	66^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	25	13.2%	87^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	8	4.9%	83^rd
1993 Oct-Nov	134	5	3.7%	75^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	14	14.7%	94^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	12	5.5%	78^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	4	2.8%	50^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	3	5.9%	81^st
1995 Jan-Mar	279	14	5.0%	88^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	17	9.0%	93^rd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	6	2.6%	66^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	11	5.9%	84^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	6	5.5%	73^rd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	10	5.5%	85^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	4	2.5%	54^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	5	7.0%	83^rd
1997 Apr-Jun	174	12	6.9%	91^st
1997 Jul-Sep	232	15	6.5%	88^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	10	6.1%	88^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	10	11.2%	87^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	6	3.2%	63^rd
1998 Jul-Sep	199	9	4.5%	73^rd
1998 Oct-Dec	74	8	10.8%	96^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	6	7.8%	86^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	11	6.0%	81^st
1999 Jul-Sep	204	11	5.4%	89^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	5	3.4%	61^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	6	6.3%	69^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	10	3.6%	64^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	6	4.6%	75^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	8	7.9%	54^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	3	4.0%	71^st
2001 Apr-Jun	135	4	3.0%	61^st
2001 Jul-Sep	149	4	2.7%	62^nd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	8	5.2%	75^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	2	2.5%	57^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	4	2.0%	44^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	10	7.1%	78^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	1	0.4%	19^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	12	6.2%	82^nd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	7	4.6%	64^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	7	6.7%	69^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	8	3.6%	61^st
2004 Jul-Sep	161	11	6.8%	75^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	6	10.3%	82^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	50^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	17	6.3%	79^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	7	4.8%	76^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	9	5.5%	75^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	61^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	8	2.9%	63^rd
2006 Jul-Sep	159	5	3.1%	66^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	64^th
2007 Jan-Mar	59	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	20	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	20	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Oct-Dec	20	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Apr-Jun	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jul-Sep	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	3	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	14	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jul-Sep	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Oct-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Apr-Jun	17	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jul-Sep	17	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	14	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	6	2.8%	78^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	18	6.4%	91^st
2011 Jul-Sep	247	34	13.8%	97^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	25	12.0%	95^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	7	4.6%	78^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	12	4.0%	74^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	4	2.6%	65^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	5	9.8%	84^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	9	10.1%	90^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	10	4.7%	77^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	23	11.5%	95^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	11	8.0%	89^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	6	4.1%	71^st
2014 Apr-Jun	219	31	14.2%	94^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	24	16.3%	96^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	7	4.9%	79^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	19	7.8%	91^st
2015 Jul-Sep	139	9	6.5%	85^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	10	5.6%	91^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	8	5.8%	68^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	21	10.3%	91^st
2016 Jul-Sep	232	43	18.5%	97^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	3	6.3%	83^rd
2017 Jan-Mar	208	28	13.5%	96^th
2017 Apr-Jun	114	24	21.1%	98^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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Issue Areas

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