Rep. Cedric Richmond
Former Representative for Louisiana’s 2nd District
pronounced SEJ-ruk // RICH-mund
Richmond was the representative for Louisiana’s 2nd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2011 to 2021.
![Photo of Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA2, 2011-2021]](/static/legislator-photos/412432-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Richmond is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2020 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 legislators sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 28, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Richmond was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 5499 (115th): Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 3082 (114th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5919 Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the “Daryle Holloway Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 2458 (114th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5351 Lapalco Boulevard in Marrero, Louisiana, as the “Lionel R. Collins, Sr. Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 4812 (113th): Honor Flight Act
Does 4 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
Richmond sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (23%) Health (20%) Emergency Management (17%) Crime and Law Enforcement (17%) Housing and Community Development (6%) Education (6%) Finance and Financial Sector (6%) Arts, Culture, Religion (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Richmond recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 313 (117th): Targeted Federal Funding to Invest in Communities Act
- H.R. 314 (117th): Communities and Environment First Act of 2021
- H.R. 8948 (116th): Communities and Environment First Act of 2020
- H.R. 7654 (116th): COVID Testing Transparency Act of 2020
- H.R. 7488 (116th): Enhancing Oversight to End Discrimination in Policing Act
- H.J.Res. 92 (116th): Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit …
- H.R. 7409 (116th): To temporarily extend participation in the 8(a) program of the Small Business …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Jan 2021, Richmond missed 541 of 6,316 roll call votes, which is 8.6%. This is much worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2021. 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
