Rep. Joe Neguse
Representative for Colorado’s 2nd District
pronounced joh // nuh-GOOSS
![Photo of Rep. Joe Neguse [D-CO2]](/static/legislator-photos/412761-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Neguse proposed $31 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $5 million to Town of Erie for “Town of Erie CO07 Improvements”
- $5 million to Town of Gypsum for “Town of Gypsum Wastewater Infrastructure”
- $5 million to Eagle County Regional Airport for “Eagle County Regional Airport Federal Inspection Station”
View all requests and justifications on Neguse’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
Neguse 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 Neguse has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Jun 7, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Joe Neguse sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Natural Resources
- Federal Lands subcommittee Ranking Member
Water, Wildlife and Fisheries subcommittees - House Committee on the Judiciary
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House Committee on Rules
Legislative and Budget Process subcommittees
Enacted Legislation
Neguse was the primary sponsor of 25 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 7568: Disaster Assistance Deadlines Alignment Act
- H.R. 5218: Federal Data Center Enhancement Act of 2023
- H.R. 4383: Military Families Mental Health Services Act
- H.R. 5961 (117th): To make revisions in title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code.
- H.R. 3843 (117th): Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022
- H.R. 7494 (117th): Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act
- H.R. 2497 (117th): Amache National Historic Site Act
Does 25 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
Neguse sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (24%) Armed Forces and National Security (20%) Crime and Law Enforcement (11%) Government Operations and Politics (10%) Taxation (9%) Health (9%) Commerce (9%) Environmental Protection (8%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Neguse recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 8669: To direct the Secretary of Labor to issue nonmandatory guidance on reducing the …
- H.R. 8546: To require the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to take certain actions …
- H.R. 8547: To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a universal …
- H.R. 8393: To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that certain rotorcraft manufactured …
- H.R. 7975: Reserve Component Healthcare Access and Expansion Act
- H.R. 7876: SMASH 2.0 Act
- H.R. 7754: Sarvis Creek Wilderness Completion Act
View All » | View Cosponsors »
Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Jun 2024, Neguse missed 6 of 2,923 roll call votes, which is 0.2%. 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.
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 Joe Neguse for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
