Rep. Joseph Morelle

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2024 Report Card for Morelle.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Morelle 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. 4, 2021 to Aug. 8, 2025. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Morelle sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on House Administration Ranking Member
  Modernization and Innovation subcommittees
• House Committee on Appropriations
  Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, Defense subcommittees
• Joint Committee on the Library
• Joint Committee on Printing

Enacted Legislation

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

• H.R. 540 (116th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, as the “Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office”.

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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

Morelle sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (19%) Crime and Law Enforcement (19%) Education (16%) Labor and Employment (11%) Taxation (10%) Agriculture and Food (10%) Commerce (8%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Morelle recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 4708: Spotted Lanternfly Research and Development Act
• H.J.Res. 108: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there …
• H.Res. 425: Expressing support for designation of May 16, 2025, as the “National Day of …
• H.Con.Res. 33: Directing the Architect of the Capitol to install at a permanent location on …
• H.R. 3250: Developing and Advancing Innovative Learning Models
• H.R. 2733: Pell Grant Flexibility Act
• H.R. 2381: SCREENS for Cancer Act of 2025

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Nov 2018 to Jul 2025, Morelle missed 71 of 3,495 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% 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 absences, 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 Joseph Morelle for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills