Rep. Bob Filner

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Filner is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2013 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 Filner sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2007 to Jan 1, 2013. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Filner was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 3219 (111th): Veterans’ Benefits Act of 2010
• H.R. 5014 (111th): To clarify the health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that constitutes minimum essential coverage.
• H.R. 1377 (111th): To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand veteran eligibility for reimbursement by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for emergency treatment furnished in a non-Department facility, …
• H.R. 1016 (111th): Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009
• H.R. 5364 (108th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5505 Stevens Way in San Diego, California, as the “Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office …
• H.R. 5176 (103rd): Ocean Pollution Reduction Act

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Does 6 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

Filner sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (47%) Private Legislation (14%) Government Operations and Politics (11%) Health (9%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Filner recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 6275 (112th): Clean Energy Victory Bond Act of 2012
• H.R. 6126 (112th): For the relief of Azucena Salazar Bazan.
• H.R. 6049 (112th): Save the La Jolla Post Office Act
• H.R. 5861 (112th): To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Housing …
• H.R. 3438 (112th): To require the Department of Defense to meet the annual goal for …
• H.Res. 456 (112th): Encouraging civilians to observe Veterans Day by listening, with respect and without …
• H.R. 3281 (112th): For the relief of Ayded Reyes Benitez.

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Nov 2012, Filner missed 892 of 13,385 roll call votes, which is 6.7%. This is much worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 2012. 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