Rep. Hilda Solis

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Solis is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2008 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 Solis sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 7, 2003 to Dec 10, 2008. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Solis was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 4185 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11151 Valley Boulevard in El Monte, California, as the “Marisol Heredia Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 625 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4230 Maine Avenue in Baldwin Park, California, as the “Atanacio Haro-Marin Post Office”.
• H.R. 4053 (109th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 545 North Rimsdale Avenue in Covina, California, as the “Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office”.
• H.R. 2396 (108th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1210 Highland Avenue in Duarte, California, as the “Francisco A. Martinez Flores Post Office”.
• H.R. 519 (108th): San Gabriel River Watershed Study Act

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Does 5 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Solis sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (21%) Health (16%) Families (14%) Economics and Public Finance (13%) Social Welfare (9%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (9%) Environmental Protection (9%) Law (9%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Solis recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 7194 (110th): Climate Change Rebate Act of 2008
• H.R. 6934 (110th): Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2008
• H.Res. 1406 (110th): Recognizing and supporting the work of Community Health Workers.
• H.R. 6621 (110th): Reinstatement of Enrollment for Medicaid Eligibility of Disadvantaged Youth (REMEDY) Act
• H.R. 6551 (110th): Primary Care Dental Academic Workforce Development Act of 2008
• H.R. 6478 (110th): Access to America’s Orthopedic Services Act of 2008
• H.R. 6100 (110th): Kid-Safe Chemicals Act of 2008

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2001 to Feb 2009, Solis missed 217 of 5,386 roll call votes, which is 4.0%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Feb 2009. 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.

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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
• Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills