Lofgren is the representative for California’s 19th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2013. Lofgren is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
She was previously the representative for California’s 16th congressional district as a Democrat from 1995 to 2012.
![Photo of Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA19]](/static/legislator-photos/400245-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Lofgren 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 Lofgren has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 20, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Zoe Lofgren sits on the following committees:
- House Committee on House Administration Chair
- Joint Committee on the Library Chair
- Joint Committee on Printing Vice Chair
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House Committee on the Judiciary
- Immigration and Citizenship subcommittee Chair
Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet subcommittees -
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Space and Aeronautics subcommittees
- House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
- House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress
Enacted Legislation
Lofgren was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 8089 (116th): Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act
- H.R. 8078 (116th): Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act
- H.R. 5277 (116th): To amend section 442 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt certain interests in mutual funds, unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans from …
- H.R. 398 (112th): To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear …
- H.R. 4543 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4285 Payne Avenue in San Jose, California, as the “Anthony J. Cortese Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 1127 (111th): To extend certain immigration programs.
- H.R. 5571 (110th): To extend for 5 years the program relating to waiver of the foreign country residence requirement with respect to international medical graduates, and for other purposes.
Does 9 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
Lofgren sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Immigration (36%) Government Operations and Politics (24%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (9%) International Affairs (7%) Energy (7%) Crime and Law Enforcement (7%) Health (7%) Education (4%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Lofgren recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 1035: Adjusting the amount provided for the expenses of certain committees of the House …
- H.R. 7374: Jumpstart Act
- H.Con.Res. 82: Authorizing the printing of a revised and updated version of the House document …
- H.Con.Res. 69: Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the …
- H.Res. 908: Recognizing February 4th as “Saka Nakodar Day”.
- H.R. 6577: Real Courts, Rule of Law Act of 2022
- H.R. 5782: FIRE Act of 2021
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1995 to May 2022, Lofgren missed 647 of 17,683 roll call votes, which is 3.7%. This is worse 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