![Photo of Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR1]](/static/legislator-photos/412501-200px.jpeg)
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 Nov 15, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Suzanne Bonamici sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Education and Labor
- Chair, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment
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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
Does 2 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
Bonamici sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (31%) Environmental Protection (17%) Labor and Employment (14%) Finance and Financial Sector (10%) Health (10%) Social Welfare (7%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (7%) Sports and Recreation (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Bonamici’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4637: Opportunity to Address College Hunger Act
- H.Res. 589: Expressing the need for immediate climate action in response to the United Nations ...
- H.Res. 578: Expressing support for the designation of September 2019 as “National Workforce Development Month” ...
- H.R. 4334: Dignity in Aging Act of 2019
- H.R. 3969: SOS 2.0 Act
- H.R. 3833: Streamlining Income-driven, Manageable Payments on Loans for Education Act
- H.R. 3547: Students and Young Consumers Empowerment Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Feb 2012 to Nov 2019, Bonamici missed 42 of 4,985 roll call votes, which is 0.8%. 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.
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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
