Rep. Robin Kelly

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Kelly.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Kelly 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 Kelly has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Sep 17, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Robin Kelly sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Member, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce
  • Member, Subcommittee on Energy
  • Member, Subcommittee on Health
• House Committee on Oversight and Reform
  • Member, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
  • Member, Subcommittee on National Security

Enacted Legislation

Kelly was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 1449: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3033 203rd Street in Olympia Fields, Illinois, as the “Captain Robert L. Martin Post Office”.
• H.R. 2422: Action for Dental Health Act of 2018
• H.R. 2331 (115th): Connected Government Act

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Does 3 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

Kelly sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (29%) Crime and Law Enforcement (22%) Taxation (10%) Government Operations and Politics (10%) Commerce (10%) Social Welfare (7%) Labor and Employment (7%) Agriculture and Food (5%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 4116: Prevent Gun Trafficking Act
• H.R. 3633: Women and Minority Equity Investment Act of 2019
• H.R. 2920: Community College to Career Fund in Higher Education Act
• H.Res. 391: Supporting the goals and ideals of National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend and National ...
• H.R. 2844: Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act
• H.R. 2845: Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act
• H.R. 2119: To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize grants for improving ...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Apr 2013 to Sep 2019, Kelly missed 167 of 4,177 roll call votes, which is 4.0%. This is worse than 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.

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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