Rep. Eliot Engel

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 Report Card for Engel.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Engel is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2020 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 Engel sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 28, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Engel was the primary sponsor of 21 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 451 (116th): Don’t Break Up the T-Band Act of 2020
• H.R. 7682 (116th): Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and Fiscal Transparency Act of 2020
• H.R. 7519 (116th): Rewards for Providing Information on Foreign Election Interference Act
• H.R. 6094 (116th): Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and Fiscal Transparency Act of 2020
• H.R. 3203 (115th): Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017
• H.R. 4939 (114th): United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016
• H.R. 1493 (114th): Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act

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Does 21 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

Engel sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (49%) Health (25%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Engel recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 8707 (116th): Middle East Advanced Military Technology Protection Act
• H.Res. 1125 (116th): Expressing support for prioritizing racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials for …
• H.Res. 1110 (116th): Supporting the announcements of the establishment of full diplomatic relations between the …
• H.Res. 1079 (116th): Expressing support for the designation of August 9 through 15, 2020, as …
• H.R. 7682 (116th): Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and Fiscal Transparency Act of 2020
• H.R. 7519 (116th): Rewards for Providing Information on Foreign Election Interference Act
• H.Res. 1033 (116th): Condemning acts by the People’s Republic of China and the Government of …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 1989 to Dec 2020, Engel missed 1,381 of 19,955 roll call votes, which is 6.9%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2020. 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:

• unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
• Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills