Rep. Abby Finkenauer
Former Representative for Iowa’s 1st District
pronounced A-bee // FINK-uh-now-er
Finkenauer was the representative for Iowa’s 1st congressional district and was a Democrat. She served from 2019 to 2020.
![Photo of Rep. Abby Finkenauer [D-IA1, 2019-2020]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/412771-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 Report Card for Finkenauer.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Finkenauer is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2020 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 legislators sponsored and cosponsored from Jan. 6, 2015 to Dec. 28, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Finkenauer was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 8314 (116th): Disaster RELIEF Act
- H.R. 2089 (116th): Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Act of 2019
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
Finkenauer sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Commerce (24%) Health (21%) Transportation and Public Works (18%) Taxation (12%) Education (9%) Housing and Community Development (6%) Families (6%) Armed Forces and National Security (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Finkenauer recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 8957 (116th): Wind Workforce Modernization and Training Act of 2020
- H.R. 8835 (116th): Rural Revitalization Now Act
- H.R. 8811 (116th): COVID–19 Data Accuracy Act
- H.R. 8785 (116th): B–BAM Act
- H.Res. 1200 (116th): Supporting the goals and ideals of National Rural Health Day.
- H.R. 8661 (116th): Protecting Rural Housing Act of 2020
- H.R. 8535 (116th): GO Ag Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Dec 2020, Finkenauer missed 4 of 954 roll call votes, which is 0.4%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2020. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absences, major life events, and running for higher office.
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 Abby Finkenauer for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
