Rep. Corrine Brown

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2016 Report Card for Brown.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Brown is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2016 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 Brown sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 30, 2016. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

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

• H.R. 2447 (112th): To grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines.
• H.R. 315 (109th): To designate the United States courthouse at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the “John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse”.
• H.R. 1882 (108th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 440 South Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando, Florida, as the “Arthur `Pappy’ Kennedy Post Office”.
• H.R. 1883 (108th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1601-1 Main Street in Jacksonville, Florida, as the “Eddie Mae Steward Post Office”.
• H.R. 3710 (104th): To designate a United States courthouse located in Tampa, Florida, as the “Sam M. Gibbons United States Courthouse”.
• H.R. 2431 (103rd): To designate the Federal building in Jacksonville, Florida, as the “Charles E. Bennett Federal Building”.

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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

Brown sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (60%) Transportation and Public Works (15%) Government Operations and Politics (15%) Crime and Law Enforcement (10%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Brown recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.Res. 789 (114th): Condemning the horrific acts of terrorism and hatred in Orlando, Florida, on …
• H.R. 5448 (114th): To expand the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program to include members of the …
• H.R. 5407 (114th): To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of …
• H.R. 5059 (114th): Love Lives On Act of 2016
• H.R. 3828 (114th): Land-Grant Opportunity Act
• H.R. 3768 (114th): SES TRUST Act
• H.R. 3715 (114th): Final Farewell Act of 2016

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Dec 2016, Brown missed 1,349 of 15,960 roll call votes, which is 8.5%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2016. 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
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills