Rep. Veronica Escobar

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Escobar.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Escobar 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 Escobar has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 17, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Veronica Escobar sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Armed Services
• House Committee on Ethics
• House Committee on the Judiciary

Enacted Legislation

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

• H.R. 7930 (117th): Military Spouse Entrepreneur Reimbursement Act
• H.R. 8354 (116th): Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Escobar sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (27%) Immigration (21%) International Affairs (15%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (9%) Health (6%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%) Environmental Protection (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Escobar recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 1272: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4400 …
• H.R. 286: Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2023
• H.R. 9324 (117th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at …
• H.R. 9163 (117th): Advancing Justice for Servicemembers Act
• H.R. 9026 (117th): Climate Adaptation Plan Act
• H.R. 7930 (117th): Military Spouse Entrepreneur Reimbursement Act
• H.R. 7814 (117th): Health Care Providers Safety Act of 2022

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2019 to Mar 2023, Escobar missed 21 of 2,095 roll call votes, which is 1.0%. This is on par with the median of 1.5% 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, major life events, and running for higher office.

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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
• Office of Veronica Escobar for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills