Rep. Kathleen Rice
Former Representative for New York’s 4th District
pronounced kath-LEEN // rīss
Rice was the representative for New York’s 4th congressional district and was a Democrat. She served from 2015 to 2022.
![Photo of Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY4, 2015-2022]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/412647-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Rice.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Rice 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
Rice was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 2428 (117th): Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act of 2021
- H.R. 1850 (117th): Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act
- H.R. 2429 (117th): VA Police Improvement and Accountability Act
- H.R. 1833 (116th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 Tulip Avenue in Floral Park, New York, as the “Lieutenant Michael R. Davidson Post …
- H.R. 2109 (116th): Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act
- H.R. 2805 (115th): Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2017
- H.R. 5770 (114th): Department of Veterans Affairs Dental Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2016
Does 7 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
Rice sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Transportation and Public Works (24%) Armed Forces and National Security (22%) Labor and Employment (13%) Health (11%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Taxation (7%) Emergency Management (7%) Education (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Rice recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 1489 (117th): Supporting the designation of the week beginning November 14, 2022, as “National …
- H.R. 9072 (117th): Humane Retirement Act
- H.Res. 1175 (117th): Supporting the designation of June 26, 2022, as the “International Day against …
- H.R. 7754 (117th): COVID–19 Commuter Benefits Distribution Act
- H.R. 6134 (117th): CBD Product Safety and Standardization Act of 2021
- H.Res. 816 (117th): Supporting the designation of the week beginning November 15, 2021, as “National …
- H.R. 5667 (117th): Teachers and Parents at the Table Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2015 to Dec 2022, Rice missed 204 of 4,487 roll call votes, which is 4.5%. This is much worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
