![Photo of Rep. Susie Lee [D-NV3]](/static/legislator-photos/412802-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Lee 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 ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Lee has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 21, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Enacted Legislation
Lee was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 6589 (116th): Department of Veterans Affairs Chief Financial Officer Authority and Collaboration Act of 2020
- H.R. 1198: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 404 South Boulder Highway in Henderson, Nevada, as the “Henderson Veterans Memorial Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 4154: Leave no Veteran Behind Act
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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Lee sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (35%) Education (30%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Labor and Employment (9%) Commerce (9%) Health (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Lee’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 8126 (116th): Communities Serving Schools Act of 2020
- H.R. 7932: Community College Workforce Training Act
- H.R. 7879: VA Telehealth Expansion Act
- H.R. 7541: VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act of 2020
- H.R. 6589 (116th): Department of Veterans Affairs Chief Financial Officer Authority and Collaboration Act of ...
- H.R. 6539: Coronavirus Medicaid Response Act
- H.R. 6357: To authorize the Secretary of Labor to take certain actions to effectively respond ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Jan 2021, Lee missed 4 of 972 roll call votes, which is 0.4%. This is better 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.
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
- Office of the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
