Richard Neal, Representative for Massachusetts's 1st Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Neal has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his 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). Neal is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Neal for more statistics.

Committee Membership

Richard Neal sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Ways and Means
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Tax Policy
- Member, Subcommittee on Trade

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Neal sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (50%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (34%) Health (16%)

Recent Bills

Some of Neal’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1989 to Sep 2016, Neal missed 1,002 of 17,732 roll call votes, which is 5.7%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	50^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	12	11.4%	92^nd
1989 Jul-Sep	128	1	0.8%	16^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	8	6.6%	73^rd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	1	1.7%	34^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	4	2.7%	47^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	22	12.0%	95^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	9	6.3%	71^st
1991 Jan-Mar	62	3	4.8%	60^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	6	4.3%	57^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	4	4.9%	66^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	7	4.3%	75^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	9	4.9%	70^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	11	5.6%	66^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	3	7.3%	68^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	10	5.3%	65^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	8	4.9%	80^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	23^rd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	65^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	33^rd
1994 Jul-Sep	142	6	4.2%	60^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	8	15.7%	93^rd
1995 Jan-Mar	279	26	9.3%	93^rd
1995 Apr-Jun	189	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	55^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	7	3.8%	71^st
1996 Jan-Mar	110	13	11.8%	91^st
1996 Apr-Jun	182	3	1.6%	34^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	7	4.3%	73^rd
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	1	0.6%	19^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	9	3.9%	73^rd
1997 Oct-Nov	163	24	14.7%	97^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	59^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	5	2.7%	56^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	11	5.5%	79^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	6	8.1%	89^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	5	6.5%	82^nd
1999 Apr-Jun	184	16	8.7%	90^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	12	5.9%	89^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	18	12.3%	93^rd
2000 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	53^rd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	13	4.7%	72^nd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	7	5.4%	80^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	34	33.7%	95^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	3	4.0%	67^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	13	9.6%	94^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	8	5.4%	84^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	2	1.3%	36^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	4	5.1%	70^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	5	2.5%	48^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	13	9.2%	85^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	11	18.0%	94^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	4	4.3%	75^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	10	4.2%	73^rd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	1	0.5%	18^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	19	12.6%	92^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	4	3.8%	47^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	14	6.3%	79^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	4	2.5%	42^nd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	12	20.7%	93^rd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	4	4.4%	61^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	17	6.3%	79^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	5	3.4%	68^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	17	10.4%	92^nd
2006 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	59^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	6	2.2%	56^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	10	6.3%	84^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	5	18.5%	89^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	19	8.9%	95^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	17	4.3%	78^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	10	3.2%	69^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	23	8.7%	88^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	25	16.8%	94^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	13	4.0%	66^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	19	9.3%	86^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	16	9.2%	92^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	16	5.3%	81^st
2009 Jul-Sep	268	5	1.9%	53^rd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	18	7.3%	84^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	6	3.1%	54^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	6	2.7%	50^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	2	1.3%	38^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	10	10.1%	81^st
2011 Jan-Mar	212	7	3.3%	82^nd
2011 Apr-Jun	281	53	18.9%	98^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	7	2.8%	73^rd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	3	1.4%	47^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	14	9.3%	90^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	33	11.0%	92^nd
2012 Jul-Sep	152	4	2.6%	65^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	4	7.8%	78^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	37	17.2%	97^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	7	3.5%	74^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	10	7.3%	86^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	6	4.1%	71^st
2014 Apr-Jun	219	10	4.6%	75^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	4	2.7%	70^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	8	5.6%	82^nd
2015 Apr-Jun	244	7	2.9%	74^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	7	4.0%	83^rd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	3	2.2%	44^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	8	3.9%	68^th
2016 Jul-Sep	216	3	1.4%	53^rd

Primary Sources

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

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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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