Yvette Clarke, Representative for New York's 9th Congressional District

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

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Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Clarke has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Clarke is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

Yvette Clarke sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
House Committee on Ethics
House Committee on Small Business
- Member, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce
- Member, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Clarke sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Immigration (27%) Health (15%) Emergency Management (15%) International Affairs (12%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%) Commerce (8%) Taxation (8%) Science, Technology, Communications (8%)

Recent Bills

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Clarke’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	H.R. 2842: Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act Jun 23, 2017. Passed 377/34. H.R. 2842 connects low-income Americans looking for work with employers looking to fill job openings, including through apprenticeships and other forms of on-the-job training. Specifically, the legislation provides funding for states to subsidize employment for a limited time for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) ...
Nay	H.J.Res. 99: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes. Apr 28, 2017. Passed 382/30. This bill extended federal government funding through May 5, 2017. It was enacted on the day funding was to end. The federal government is currently funded through "continuing appropriations" legislation that maintains government spending levels as they were for arbitrary periods of time. Traditionally, though ...
Nay	H.R. 5077: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 May 24, 2016. Passed 371/35.
No	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. ...
Nay	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.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 ...
No	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Aye	H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Nay	H.Res. 1284 (110th): Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the House amendments to the Senate amendment to the ... Jun 19, 2008. Passed 342/83.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2007 to Jun 2017, Clarke missed 389 of 7,988 roll call votes, which is 4.9%. This is much worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 237 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	20^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	5	1.3%	44^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	162	51.1%	99^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	1	0.4%	11^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	1	0.7%	9^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	3	0.9%	17^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	51^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	7	2.3%	53^rd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	11	4.1%	80^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	8	3.3%	58^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	3	1.5%	31^st
2010 Apr-Jun	219	4	1.8%	38^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	8	5.3%	78^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	1	1.0%	21^st
2011 Jan-Mar	212	10	4.7%	88^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	8	2.8%	72^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	2	0.8%	34^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	3	1.4%	46^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	4	2.6%	63^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	37	12.4%	95^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	2	1.3%	47^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	38^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	4	4.5%	75^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	16	7.4%	88^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	7	3.5%	74^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	7	5.1%	78^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	1	0.7%	23^rd
2014 Apr-Jun	219	15	6.8%	82^nd
2014 Jul-Sep	147	12	8.2%	92^nd
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	5	3.5%	70^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	10	4.1%	81^st
2015 Jul-Sep	139	5	3.6%	76^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	31^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	2	1.5%	32^nd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	4	2.0%	49^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	10	4.3%	85^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	4	1.9%	61^st
2017 Apr-Jun	114	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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Rep. Yvette Clarke

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