Rep. Kim Schrier
Representative for Washington’s 8th District
pronounced kim // SHRĪ-er
Schrier is the representative for Washington’s 8th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2019. Schrier’s current term ends on Jan 3, 2025. She is 56 years old.
![Photo of Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA8]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/412835-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Schrier proposed $30 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $7 million to City of Ellensburg for “Ellensburg Community Center and Fieldhouse”
- $3.8 million to City of Orting for “Bridge for Kids, Orting, WA-08”
- $3.1 million to Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority for “Terminal Modernization. EAT, East Wenatchee, WA (General Aviation Terminal Modernization at Pangborn Memorial Airport)”
View all requests and justifications on Schrier’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Schrier 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 26, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Kim Schrier sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Schrier was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 6143 (117th): Supporting Health Care Providers During the COVID–19 Pandemic Act
- H.R. 1932 (116th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat as compensation for purposes of retirement contribution limitations any difficulty of care payments excluded from gross income.
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
Schrier sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (49%) Agriculture and Food (25%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (16%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Schrier recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 10188: Capping Costs for Consumers Act of 2024
- H.R. 10096: Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act of 2024
- H.R. 9356: Lasting Home Affordability Act of 2024
- H.R. 8698: SCREEN for Type 1 Diabetes Act of 2024
- H.R. 8557: National Prescribed Fire Act of 2024
- H.R. 7809: State Public Option Act
- H.R. 7146: Partnerships for Agricultural Climate Action Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Nov 2024, Schrier missed 23 of 3,154 roll call votes, which is 0.7%. 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.
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
