Rep. Raúl Labrador
Former Representative for Idaho’s 1st District
pronounced rah-OOL // LAB-ruh-dawr
Labrador was the representative for Idaho’s 1st congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2011 to 2018.
![Photo of Rep. Raúl Labrador [R-ID1, 2011-2018]](/static/legislator-photos/412419-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Labrador.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Labrador is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2018 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 3, 2013 to Dec 21, 2018. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Labrador 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
Labrador sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (47%) Labor and Employment (16%) Immigration (16%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (11%) Crime and Law Enforcement (11%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Labrador recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 4568 (115th): Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act
- H.R. 3230 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at …
- H.R. 2826 (115th): Refugee Program Integrity Restoration Act of 2017
- H.R. 2431 (115th): Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local …
- H.R. 2284 (115th): National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act
- H.R. 1454 (115th): Future Logging Careers Act
- H.R. 1112 (115th): Shauna Hill Post 9/11 Education Benefits Transferability Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Dec 2018, Labrador missed 337 of 5,345 roll call votes, which is 6.3%. This is much worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2018. 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
