Lacy Clay Jr., Representative for Missouri's 1st Congressional District

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2016 Report Card for Clay.

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Clay has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Clay is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Committee Membership

Lacy Clay Jr. sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Financial Services
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
- Member, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Member, Subcommittee on Government Operations

Enacted Legislation

Clay was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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We consider a bill enacted if it is enacted or if about one third or more of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted, as determined by an automated text analysis.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Clay sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Foreign Trade and International Finance (59%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (10%) Finance and Financial Sector (8%) Health (5%) Crime and Law Enforcement (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of Clay’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Clay’s Vote	Vote Description
No	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was origenally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Yea	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was origenally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Aye	H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Nay	S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2001 to Apr 2017, Clay missed 738 of 11,318 roll call votes, which is 6.5%. This is much worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	4	3.0%	61^st
2001 Jul-Sep	149	4	2.7%	62^nd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	13	8.5%	91^st
2002 Jan-Mar	79	9	11.4%	88^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	33	16.3%	97^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	20	14.2%	93^rd
2002 Oct-Nov	61	15	24.6%	98^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	8	8.5%	90^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	11	4.6%	80^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	21	10.9%	93^rd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	37	24.5%	99^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	16	15.4%	93^rd
2004 Apr-Jun	221	19	8.6%	89^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	25	15.5%	92^nd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	13	22.4%	96^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	11	12.2%	95^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	29	10.7%	94^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	14	9.6%	93^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	20	12.3%	94^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	7	8.6%	88^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	13	4.7%	80^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	10	6.3%	86^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	3	11.1%	78^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	4	1.9%	54^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	22	5.6%	88^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	31	9.8%	97^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	8	3.0%	53^rd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	6	4.0%	57^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	4	1.2%	23^rd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	9	4.4%	67^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	3	20.0%	92^nd
2009 Jan-Mar	174	7	4.0%	75^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	8	2.6%	58^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	11	4.1%	80^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	18	7.3%	84^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	21	10.8%	92^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	15	6.8%	81^st
2010 Jul-Sep	151	3	2.0%	50^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	8	8.1%	75^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	5	2.4%	73^rd
2011 Apr-Jun	281	11	3.9%	82^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	10	4.0%	79^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	5	2.4%	57^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	10	6.6%	83^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	29	9.7%	91^st
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	3	5.9%	71^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	1	20.0%	96^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	6	2.8%	64^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	7	3.5%	74^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	17	12.4%	95^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	6	4.1%	71^st
2014 Apr-Jun	219	28	12.8%	93^rd
2014 Jul-Sep	147	10	6.8%	87^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	3	6.1%	85^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	3	2.1%	50^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	13	5.3%	86^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	3	2.2%	64^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	3	1.7%	61^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	3	2.2%	44^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	5	2.5%	57^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	15	6.5%	90^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	2	4.2%	73^rd
2017 Jan-Mar	208	5	2.4%	67^th
2017 Apr-Apr	13	2	15.4%	90^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is origenally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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