Khanna is the representative for California’s 17th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2017. Khanna is next up for reelection in 2018.
![Photo of Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA17]](/data/photos/412684-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2017 Report Card for Khanna.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Khanna 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 Khanna has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Ro Khanna sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Readiness
- Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
- House Committee on the Budget
Enacted Legislation
Khanna was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
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
Khanna sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (25%) International Affairs (25%) Armed Forces and National Security (25%) Labor and Employment (25%)
Recent Bills
Some of Khanna’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6485: Job Opportunities for All Act
- H.R. 5759: 21st Century IDEA
- H.R. 5223: Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention Act
- H.R. 5093: Measuring the Economic Impact of Broadband Act of 2018
- H.R. 4837: No Unconstitutional Strike against North Korea Act
- H.Res. 599: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to United States ...
- H.R. 3949: VALOR Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
| Khanna’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| Nay |
H.R. 6237: Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
Jul 12, 2018. Passed 363/54.
H.R. 6237 authorizes appropriations for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. government for fiscal years 2018 and 2019. The bill authorizes funds for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Central Intelligence Agency; Department of Defense; Defense ... |
| Nay |
H.R. 6082: Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act
Jun 20, 2018. Passed 357/57.
H.R. 6082 amends the Public Health Service Act to permit substance use disorder (SUD) records to be shared among covered entities and Part 2 programs in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), for the purposes of treatment, payment, and ... |
| No |
H.R. 1865: Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017
Feb 27, 2018. Passed 388/25.
A new bill could become the first law to apply criminal penalties to website owners due to posts of that site’s users — or so Silicon Valley and tech advocates fear. #### Context and what the bill does Ever since a 1996 law, no internet ... |
| Nay |
H.R. 4667: Making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for disaster assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and calendar year 2017 wildfires, ...
Dec 21, 2017. Passed 251/169.
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| Nay |
H.R. 1039: Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017
May 19, 2017. Passed 229/177.
H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe that person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer while performing their official duties. The bill also would direct the ... |
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to Jul 2018, Khanna missed 10 of 1,089 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- Office of Ro Khanna for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills
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