Rep. Jamie Raskin

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Raskin 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 legislators have sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Nov 29, 2024. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Jamie Raskin sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Ranking Member

Enacted Legislation

Raskin was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

• H.R. 6720 (117th): To authorize the Thomas Paine Memorial Association to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

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Does 1 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Raskin sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (23%) Health (21%) Crime and Law Enforcement (17%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (13%) Science, Technology, Communications (13%) Agriculture and Food (4%) Law (4%) Labor and Employment (4%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Raskin recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.Res. 1499: Expressing concern about the spreading problem of book banning and the proliferation of …
• H.R. 9577: STOP Suicide Act
• H.R. 9578: Ranked Choice Voting Act
• H.R. 8988: Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act
• H.R. 8830: High Court Gift Ban Act
• H.R. 8764: Clean Hands Firearm Procurement Act
• H.R. 8485: No Foreign Emoluments Without Congressional Consent Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2017 to Nov 2024, Raskin missed 46 of 4,364 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is better than the median of 2.2% 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, major life events, and running for higher office.

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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 Jamie Raskin for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills