DeLauro is the representative for Connecticut’s 3rd congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 1991. DeLauro is next up for reelection in 2020.
![Photo of Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT3]](/static/legislator-photos/400103-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for DeLauro.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
DeLauro 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 DeLauro has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Mar 26, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Rosa DeLauro sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
DeLauro was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 2740: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020
- H.R. 2421 (112th): Layoff Prevention Act of 2011
- H.R. 2941 (111th): To reauthorize and enhance Johanna’s Law to increase public awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers.
- H.R. 2997 (111th): Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
- H.R. 6834 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4 South Main Street in Wallingford, Connecticut, as the “CWO Richard R. Lee Post Office ...
- H.R. 627 (109th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 Putnam Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut, as the “Linda White-Epps Post Office”.
- H.R. 2787 (105th): To designate the United States courthouse located in New Haven, Connecticut, as the “Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse”.
Does 9 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
DeLauro sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (41%) Labor and Employment (19%) Taxation (10%) Agriculture and Food (10%) Government Operations and Politics (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of DeLauro’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6181: Ensuring Emergency Food Security Act
- H.R. 6150: Paid Sick Days for Public Health Emergencies and Personal and Family Care Act
- H.R. 5723: Public Health Emergency Fund Act
- H.R. 5578: Recall Unsafe Drugs Act of 2020
- H.R. 5415: Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act of 2019
- H.R. 5349: Protect SNAP Act
- H.R. 5298: Eviction Prevention Act of 2019
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1991 to Mar 2020, DeLauro missed 366 of 18,905 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% 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.
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
