Suzanne Bonamici, Representative for Oregon's 1st Congressional District

Bonamici is the representative for Oregon’s 1^st congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Feb 7, 2012. Bonamici is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 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. 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: 98% NIAC Action: A The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B+ United States Chamber of Commerce: 38% NumbersUSA: 17% FreedomWorks: 15% The Club for Growth: 11% Americans for Prosperity: 3%

Committee Membership

Suzanne Bonamici sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Environment
- Member, Subcommittee on Research and Technology
House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
- Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions

Enacted Legislation

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

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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 (39%) Health (16%) Taxation (10%) Native Americans (10%) Science, Technology, Communications (6%) Commerce (6%) Agriculture and Food (6%) Sports and Recreation (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Bonamici’s Vote	Vote Description
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.
Aye	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
Aye	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 ...
Nay	H.Res. 162: Calling on the President to provide Ukraine with military assistance to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Mar 23, 2015. Passed 348/48.
Nay	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Nay	H.R. 4681 (113th): Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 Dec 10, 2014. Passed 325/100.
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Yea	H.R. 2362 (112th): Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011 Jul 23, 2012. Failed 222/160.
Aye	H.R. 3521 (112th): Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2012 Feb 8, 2012. Passed 254/173.

Missed Votes

From Feb 2012 to Jun 2018, Bonamici missed 40 of 4,147 roll call votes, which is 1.0%. This is better than 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
2012 Jan-Mar	115	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	42^nd
2013 Apr-Jun	215	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	2	0.8%	41^st
2015 Jul-Sep	139	1	0.7%	34^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	15	10.9%	85^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	3	1.5%	40^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	10	4.3%	85^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	2	4.2%	73^rd
2017 Jan-Mar	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	53^rd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	1	0.8%	24^th
2018 Apr-Jun	157	3	1.9%	38^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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Suzanne Bonamici is pronounced:

soo-ZAN // bo-nuh-MEE-chee

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
A a	cat
B b	bat
CH ch	chin
EE ee	meet
M m	man
N n	not
O o	top
OO oo	soon
S s	sit
UH uh	cup
Z z	zebra

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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