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Rep. Katie Porter

Representative for California’s 47th District

pronounced KAY-tee // POR-ter

Porter is the representative for California’s 47th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2023. Porter is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. She is 50 years old.

She was previously the representative for California’s 45th congressional district as a Democrat from 2019 to 2022.

Photo of Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA47]

Earmarks

Porter did not request any earmarks for fiscal year 2024.

Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. 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. More about FY2024 earmark requests from Demand Progress Education Fund »

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Porter 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 Porter has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Aug 16, 2024. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Katie Porter sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Porter was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

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Does 2 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

Porter sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (27%) Government Operations and Politics (21%) Education (12%) Taxation (11%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) Energy (9%) Finance and Financial Sector (7%) Labor and Employment (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Porter recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Porter voted Yea

Porter voted Nay

Porter voted Nay

Passed 351/69 on Jul 20, 2023.
No actual jets are allowed above New York Jets games. # Context Mere days after 9/11, the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) banned aircraft from flying …

Porter voted Nay

Porter voted No

Passed 314/117 on May 31, 2023.
This bill would enact a compromise reached by House Republicans and President Biden to avert an impending fiscal crisis related to the statutory debt limit. …

Porter voted Nay

Missed Votes

From Jan 2019 to Jul 2024, Porter missed 132 of 3,076 roll call votes, which is 4.3%. This is worse than the median of 2.1% 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.

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Primary Sources

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