Rep. Lou Barletta

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Barletta.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Barletta is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2018 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 Barletta sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2013 to Dec 21, 2018. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Barletta was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 7319 (115th): To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to provide flexibility with respect to the leaseback of certain Federal real property, and for other …
• H.R. 7318 (115th): To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to ensure that the Public Buildings Reform Board has adequate time to carry out the responsibilities …
• H.R. 5294 (115th): Treating Barriers to Prosperity Act of 2018
• H.R. 4843 (114th): Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement Act
• H.R. 2658 (114th): Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act
• H.R. 1191 (114th): Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015
• H.R. 33 (114th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained …

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Does 9 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

Barletta sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Emergency Management (24%) Immigration (21%) Taxation (16%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) Transportation and Public Works (8%) Agriculture and Food (5%) Armed Forces and National Security (5%) International Affairs (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Barletta recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 7319 (115th): To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to …
• H.R. 7318 (115th): To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to …
• H.R. 6194 (115th): REAL Reform Act of 2018
• H.R. 5990 (115th): Protecting Our Kids Act
• H.R. 5294 (115th): Treating Barriers to Prosperity Act of 2018
• H.Con.Res. 115 (115th): Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers …
• H.R. 4977 (115th): Coal Refuse Reclamation Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Dec 2018, Barletta missed 275 of 5,345 roll call votes, which is 5.1%. This is much worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2018. 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
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills