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Commish. Jenniffer González-Colón

Resident Commissioner for Puerto Rico’s At-Large District

pronounced JEN-ih-fer // gon-SAH-less koh-LOHN

González-Colón is the resident commissioner from Puerto Rico and is a Republican. She has served since Jan 3, 2017. González-Colón’s current term ends on Jan 3, 2025. She is 48 years old.

Because Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States, and not a state, its representative in the House of Representatives is a delegate, called the resident commissioner, with limited voting privileges — González-Colón 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 Commish. Jenniffer González-Colón [R-PR]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

González-Colón 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

Jenniffer González-Colón sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

González-Colón was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

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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 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

González-Colón sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (25%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) Health (14%) Emergency Management (13%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Agriculture and Food (7%) Transportation and Public Works (7%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (4%)

Recently Introduced Bills

González-Colón recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 2019 to Nov 2024, González-Colón missed 249 of 868 roll call votes, which is 28.7%. This is much worse 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: