Rep. Suzanne Bonamici

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Bonamici.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Bonamici 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 Bonamici has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jul 15, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Suzanne Bonamici sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Education and Labor
  • Chair, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services
  • Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment
• House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
  • Member, Subcommittee on Environment
  • Member, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
• House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

Enacted Legislation

Bonamici was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 312: Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2017
• H.R. 34 (114th): 21st Century Cures 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 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

Bonamici sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Education (32%) Labor and Employment (13%) Environmental Protection (13%) Health (11%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (8%) Finance and Financial Sector (8%) Native Americans (8%) Science, Technology, Communications (8%)

Recent Bills

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

• H.R. 3547: Students and Young Consumers Empowerment Act
• H.R. 3548: Bolstering Long-Term Understanding and Exploration of the Great Lakes, Oceans, Bays, and Estuaries ...
• H.R. 3308: Building STEAM Education Act of 2019
• H.R. 3171: Safe Disposal of Opioids Act of 2019
• H.Res. 427: Recognizing World Oceans Day and the necessity to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild ...
• H.R. 3105: Opioid Treatment Surge Act
• H.R. 3086: Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act of 2019

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Feb 2012 to Jul 2019, Bonamici missed 42 of 4,843 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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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