Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Lofgren 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). Lofgren is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Lofgren for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Zoe Lofgren sits on the following committees:
- House Committee on House Administration
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House Committee on the Judiciary
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Joint Committee on the Library
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Lofgren sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Immigration (26%) Crime and Law Enforcement (18%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (13%) Science, Technology, Communications (10%) Taxation (10%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (8%) Commerce (8%) International Affairs (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Lofgren’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5850: Secure the Northern Triangle Act
- H.R. 5851: Refugee Protection Act of 2016
- H.R. 5766: Amerasian Paternity Recognition Act of 2016
- H.Res. 646: Expressing the position of the House of Representatives in the matter of United ...
- H.R. 4646: Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016
- H.R. 4287: Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2015
- H.R. 4162: Clean Energy Victory Bond Act of 2015
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Voting Record
From Jan 1995 to Sep 2016, Lofgren missed 561 of 14,790 roll call votes, which is 3.8%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 117 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills