Ruben Gallego, Representative for Arizona's 7th Congressional District

Gallego is the representative for Arizona’s 7^th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 6, 2015. Gallego is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Gallego.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Gallego 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 Gallego has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

American Civil Liberties Union: 100% Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% League of Conservation Voters: 97% NIAC Action: A The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: A United States Chamber of Commerce: 47% FreedomWorks: 16% NumbersUSA: 9% The Club for Growth: 4% Americans for Prosperity: 0%

Committee Membership

Ruben Gallego sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Natural Resources
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Federal Lands
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
House Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Military Personnel
- Member, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces

Enacted Legislation

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

H.R. 4010 (114th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 522 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, as the “Ed Pastor Post Office”.

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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 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

Gallego sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (29%) Crime and Law Enforcement (21%) Government Operations and Politics (21%) Immigration (14%) Education (14%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Gallego’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 2825: DHS Authorization Act of 2017 Jul 20, 2017. Passed 386/41. H.R. 2825 authorizes the activities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and provides necessary oversight and guidance to the Department to ensure that it is effectively carrying out the mission of securing the homeland. A full section-by-section of the legislation can be found here ...
Nay	H.R. 2842: Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act Jun 23, 2017. Passed 377/34. H.R. 2842 connects low-income Americans looking for work with employers looking to fill job openings, including through apprenticeships and other forms of on-the-job training. Specifically, the legislation provides funding for states to subsidize employment for a limited time for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) ...
No	S. 612: A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the “George P. Kazen Federal Building ... Dec 8, 2016. Passed 360/61.
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 ...

Missed Votes

From Jan 2015 to Sep 2018, Gallego missed 50 of 2,434 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% 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
2015 Jan-Mar	144	8	5.6%	82^nd
2015 Apr-Jun	244	1	0.4%	27^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	1	0.7%	34^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	31^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	3	2.2%	44^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	63^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	24	11.5%	94^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	2	1.6%	38^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	35^th
2018 Jul-Sep	86	3	3.5%	67^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

Ruben Gallego is pronounced:

ROO-bun // gah-YE-goh

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
AH ah	calm
B b	bat
E e	bed
G g	get
N n	not
OH oh	most
OO oo	soon
R r	rag
U u	cup
Y y	cry

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

Rep. Ruben Gallego

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