Rep. Seth Moulton
Representative for Massachusetts’s 6th District
pronounced seth // MUL-tun
Moulton is the representative for Massachusetts’s 6th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 6, 2015. Moulton’s current term ends on Jan 3, 2025. He is 46 years old.
![Photo of Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA6]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/412632-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Moulton 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
Seth Moulton sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Armed Services
- Strategic Forces subcommittee Ranking Member
Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation subcommittees - House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Enacted Legislation
Moulton was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1096: 250th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 6295 (117th): For the relief of Maria Merida de Macario and Firelly Airlen Rios Cano.
- H.R. 1649 (117th): To make a technical correction to the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019.
- H.R. 6059 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 51 Willow Street in Lynn, Massachusetts, as the “Thomas P. Costin, Jr. Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 3095 (115th): Veterans ACCESS Act
- H.R. 274 (115th): Modernizing Government Travel Act
- H.R. 4352 (114th): Faster Care for Veterans 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
Moulton sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (26%) Taxation (12%) Health (12%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (12%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%) Finance and Financial Sector (9%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) International Affairs (9%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Moulton recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 1560: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8996) to enhance safety requirements for …
- H.Res. 1301: Expressing support for the inaugural Heart Recovery Awareness Day on February 20, 2025.
- H.R. 7600: American High-Speed Rail Act
- H.R. 4347: Mass Shooter Prosecution Act of 2023
- H.R. 3751: Department of Defense Overdose Data Act of 2023
- H.R. 3648: CALL Act of 2023
- H.Res. 434: Declaring a mental health crisis among youth in the United States, and expressing …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2015 to Nov 2024, Moulton missed 171 of 5,689 roll call votes, which is 3.0%. This is on par with 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. Legislators running for president or vice president typically miss votes while on the campaign trail — that’s normal. See our analysis of presidential candidates’ missed votes.
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
