Rick Larsen, Representative for Washington's 2nd Congressional District

Larsen is the representative for Washington’s 2^nd congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2001. Larsen is next up for reelection in 2020.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Larsen.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Larsen 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 Larsen has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Nov 13, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% NIAC Action: A League of Conservation Voters: 89% American Civil Liberties Union: 86% United States Chamber of Commerce: 67% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B FreedomWorks: 15% Americans for Prosperity: 13% NumbersUSA: 13% The Club for Growth: 8%

Committee Membership

Rick Larsen sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Chair, Subcommittee on Aviation
- Member, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
House Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

Enacted Legislation

Larsen was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:

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Does 6 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Larsen sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (27%) Transportation and Public Works (15%) Labor and Employment (15%) Taxation (12%) Native Americans (12%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Larsen voted Aye

H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act

Passed 218/208 on Jun 18, 2015.

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. ...

Larsen voted Yea

H.Res. 305: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1314) to amend the Internal Revenue Code ...

Passed 217/212 on Jun 11, 2015.

Larsen voted Yea

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

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 ...

Larsen voted Nay

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

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 ...

Larsen voted Aye

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Larsen voted Aye

H.R. 4413 (113th): Customer Protection and End User Relief Act

Passed 265/144 on Jun 24, 2014.

Larsen voted Aye

H.R. 3078 (112th): United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act

Passed 262/167 on Oct 12, 2011.

Larsen voted No

H.R. 2218 (112th): Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act

Passed 365/54 on Sep 13, 2011.

Larsen voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

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 ...

Larsen voted Aye

H.Res. 320 (112th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2219) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the ...

Passed 251/173 on Jun 23, 2011.

Larsen voted Aye

H.R. 830 (112th): FHA Refinance Program Termination Act

Passed 256/171 on Mar 10, 2011.

Larsen voted No

H.R. 2378 (111th): Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act

Passed 348/79 on Sep 29, 2010.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2001 to Nov 2019, Larsen missed 283 of 12,923 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	1	0.7%	22^nd
2001 Jul-Sep	149	1	0.7%	24^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	1	0.5%	16^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	1	0.7%	27^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	9	14.8%	93^rd
2003 Jan-Mar	94	1	1.1%	36^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	9	3.8%	67^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	2	1.0%	34^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	4	2.6%	37^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	4	3.8%	47^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	9	5.6%	67^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	9	15.5%	86^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	8	8.9%	87^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	6	2.2%	53^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	3	2.1%	56^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	3	1.8%	33^rd
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	38^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	3	1.1%	26^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	21^st
2007 Apr-Jun	393	3	0.8%	24^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	4	1.3%	32^nd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	6	2.3%	41^st
2008 Jan-Mar	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	12	3.7%	57^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	2	1.0%	27^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	9	5.2%	85^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	10	3.3%	70^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	8	3.0%	68^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	10	4.1%	67^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	5	2.6%	47^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	11^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	3	1.4%	56^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	4	1.6%	53^rd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	1	0.5%	16^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	4	1.3%	45^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	3	2.0%	56^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	64^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	46	21.4%	99^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	2	1.0%	41^st
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	43^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	4	2.7%	59^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	68^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	3	2.0%	59^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	56^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	2	1.4%	40^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	2	0.8%	40^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	2	1.4%	52^nd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	32^nd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	2	1.5%	31^st
2016 Apr-Jun	204	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	22^nd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	2	4.2%	77^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	3	1.4%	51^st
2017 Apr-Jun	136	19	14.0%	96^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	54^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	2	1.2%	41^st
2018 Jan-Mar	129	5	3.9%	65^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	5	2.7%	54^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Nov-Dec	85	2	2.4%	54^th
2019 Jan-Mar	136	1	0.7%	32^nd
2019 Apr-Jun	294	2	0.7%	36^th
2019 Jul-Sep	125	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	57^th

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

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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