Moulton is the representative for Massachusetts’s 6th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 6, 2015. Moulton is next up for reelection in 2020.
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![Photo of Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA6]](/static/legislator-photos/412632-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Moulton.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Moulton 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 Moulton has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Oct 18, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Seth Moulton sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
- Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
- House Committee on the Budget
Enacted Legislation
Moulton was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 6059 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 51 Willow Street in Lynn, Massachusetts, as the “Thomas P. Costin, Jr. Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 3095: Veterans ACCESS Act
- H.R. 274 (115th): Modernizing Government Travel Act
- H.R. 4352 (114th): Faster Care for Veterans Act of 2016
Does 4 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
Moulton sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (35%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (14%) Social Welfare (11%) Government Operations and Politics (11%) Commerce (8%) International Affairs (8%) Labor and Employment (8%) Animals (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Moulton’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4594: Bumpstocks and Acceleration Devices Act
- H.R. 4531: State And Federal Electronic Data Records to Improve Vehicle-operator Eligibility Reporting Systems Act ...
- H.R. 4048: Automatic Listening Exploitation Act of 2019
- H.R. 3919: Creating Opportunity And Sustainability Through Science Act
- H.R. 3514: To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide fisheries disaster ...
- H.R. 3363: Sewage Treatment Overflow Prevention through Community Sanitation Outreach Act of 2019
- H.R. 3070: CAPABILITY Act of 2019
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2015 to Oct 2019, Moulton missed 128 of 3,102 roll call votes, which is 4.1%. This is worse than the median of 2.1% 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. Legislators running for president or vice president typically miss votes while on the campaign trail — that’s normal. See our analysis of presidential candidates’ missed votes.
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
