Michael Lawler, Representative for New York's 17th Congressional District - GovTrack.us
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Rep. Michael Lawler

Representative for New York’s 17th District

Lawler is the representative for New York’s 17th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2023. Lawler is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 37 years old.

Photo of Rep. Michael Lawler [R-NY17]

Earmarks

Lawler proposed $59 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:

  • $18 million to Town of Ramapo for “Town of Ramapo Safer Neighborhoods Project”
  • $8 million to Putnam County for “Putnam County Pedestrian Improvement Project”
  • $5 million to Rockland County Sewer District No. 1 for “Rockland Sewer Screenings Improvement Project”

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

Lawler 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 Lawler has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to May 31, 2024. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Michael Lawler sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Lawler was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

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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

Lawler sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (33%) Government Operations and Politics (18%) Taxation (13%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Health (8%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%) Housing and Community Development (8%) Education (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Lawler recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Lawler voted Yea

Lawler voted Aye

Passed 314/117 on May 31, 2023.
This bill would enact a compromise reached by House Republicans and President Biden to avert an impending fiscal crisis related to the statutory debt limit. …

Lawler voted No

Passed 213/208 on Mar 24, 2023.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2023 to Jun 2024, Lawler missed 6 of 957 roll call votes, which is 0.6%. This is better than the median of 2.0% 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.

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Primary Sources

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