Robin Kelly, Representative for Illinois's 2nd Congressional District

Kelly is the representative for Illinois’s 2^nd congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Apr 9, 2013. Kelly is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 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. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% League of Conservation Voters: 92% NIAC Action: A American Civil Liberties Union: 82% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 53% NumbersUSA: 20% FreedomWorks: 15% The Club for Growth: 4% Americans for Prosperity: 1%

Committee Membership

Robin Kelly sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Information Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Healthcare, Benefits, and Administrative Rules
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats
- Member, Subcommittee on The Western Hemisphere

Enacted Legislation

Kelly was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 2331: Connected Government Act

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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

Kelly sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (27%) Health (24%) Taxation (12%) Commerce (10%) Social Welfare (7%) Education (7%) Labor and Employment (7%) Economics and Public Finance (5%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Kelly’s Vote	Vote Description
Aye	H.R. 1599: Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 Jul 23, 2015. Passed 275/150. This bill was enacted as S. 764. The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the distribution and labeling related to bioengineered foods (often referred to as genetically modified foods or GMOs). It would ...
No	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
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 ...
Aye	H.R. 636: America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 Feb 13, 2015. Passed 272/142. This was a vote to pass H.R. 636 when it was the America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015. The bill subsequently became the vehicle for passage of an unrelated matter.
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.
No	H.R. 10 (113th): Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act May 9, 2014. Passed 360/45.
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. 1765 (113th): Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 Apr 26, 2013. Passed 361/41.

Missed Votes

From Apr 2013 to Apr 2018, Kelly missed 159 of 3,289 roll call votes, which is 4.8%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% 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
2013 Apr-Jun	207	1	0.5%	37^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	3	1.5%	52^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	1	0.7%	30^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	68^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	5	3.4%	76^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	55^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	6	4.2%	74^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	3	1.2%	50^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	29	20.9%	98^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	27	15.3%	97^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	34	24.8%	97^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	3	1.5%	40^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	9	3.9%	83^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	10	4.8%	83^rd
2017 Apr-Jun	136	4	2.9%	68^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	37^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	13	10.1%	86^th
2018 Apr-Apr	18	2	11.1%	83^rd

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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Robin Kelly is pronounced:

RAW-bun // KE-lee

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
AW aw	law
B b	bat
E e	bed
EE ee	meet
K k	king
L l	leg
N n	not
R r	rag
U u	cup

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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