Rep. Joseph Morelle
Representative for New York’s 25th District
pronounced JOH-sif // mer-EH-lee
![Photo of Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY25]](/static/legislator-photos/412749-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Morelle proposed $35 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $7 million to City of Rochester for “City of Rochester Public Market Expansion”
- $4 million to City of Rochester for “City of Rochester, NY REJob Training Facility”
- $4 million to Village of Webster for “Village of Webster Community Access Project”
View all requests and justifications on Morelle’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
Morelle 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 Morelle has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to May 24, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Joseph Morelle sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Morelle was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 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
Morelle sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (19%) Education (17%) Labor and Employment (15%) Crime and Law Enforcement (13%) Commerce (11%) Taxation (9%) Agriculture and Food (9%) Government Operations and Politics (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Morelle recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 8544: To require original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available certain …
- H.Res. 1236: Expressing support for designation of May 16, 2024, as the “National Day of …
- H.R. 8319: To create a grant program to support the development of innovative learning models, …
- H.Res. 1094: Recognizing the significance of Sjögren’s as a serious and systemic autoimmune disease and …
- H.Res. 1045: Expressing support for the designation of March 3, 2024, as “National Triple-Negative Breast …
- H.R. 7321: Electronic Filing of Electioneering Communication Reports Act
- H.R. 6706: Hunger Clearinghouse Enhancement Act of 2023
View All » | View Cosponsors »
Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Nov 2018 to May 2024, Morelle missed 61 of 2,992 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with 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 Joseph Morelle for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
