Rep. Michael San Nicolas
Former Representative for Guam’s At-Large District
pronounced MĪ-kul // sun NIK-uh-luss
San Nicolas was the representative from Guam and was a Democrat. He served from 2019 to 2022.
Because Guam is a territory of the United States, and not a state, its representative in the House of Representatives is a delegate with limited voting privileges — San Nicolas can currently vote in committee and in certain votes on the House floor, but not if their vote would be decisive. Delegates have a marginalized role in Congress and their constituents are not represented in Congress in the same manner as most citizens.
![Photo of Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU, 2019-2022]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/412770-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for San Nicolas.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
San Nicolas is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2022 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 3, 2017 to Dec 27, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
San Nicolas was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3539 (117th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 223 West Chalan Santo Papa in Hagatna, Guam, as the “Atanasio Taitano Perez Post Office”.
- H.R. 1365 (116th): To make technical corrections to the Guam World War II Loyalty Recognition Act.
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
San Nicolas sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Finance and Financial Sector (22%) Law (13%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Native Americans (13%) Social Welfare (13%) Taxation (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (9%)
Recently Introduced Bills
San Nicolas recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 8234 (117th): Pacific Island Aviator Development Act
- H.R. 6941 (117th): Territorial Representation in the Senate Act
- H.R. 6819 (117th): Compact of Free Association Host Communities Support Act
- H.R. 6504 (117th): Native Pacific Islanders of America Equity Act
- H.R. 6388 (117th): Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing Act
- H.R. 5910 (117th): Holding SPACs Accountable Act of 2021
- H.R. 4102 (117th): Native CHamoru Equity Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Sep 2022, San Nicolas missed 162 of 330 roll call votes, which is 49.1%. This is much worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 2022. 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.
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 the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
