Rep. David Wu
Former Representative for Oregon’s 1st District
Wu was the representative for Oregon’s 1st congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1999 to 2011.
![Photo of Rep. David Wu [D-OR1, 1999-2011]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/400437-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Wu 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 Wu sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2007 to Jan 1, 2013. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Wu was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 5220 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3800 SW. 185th Avenue in Beaverton, Oregon, as the “Major Arthur Chin Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 2643 (107th): Fort Clatsop National Memorial Expansion Act of 2002
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
Wu sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (21%) Science, Technology, Communications (16%) Government Operations and Politics (15%) Social Welfare (11%) Economics and Public Finance (11%) Labor and Employment (10%) Emergency Management (8%) Health (8%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Wu recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 2630 (112th): Volunteer Firefighter Fairness Act of 2011
- H.R. 2525 (112th): Trade Adjustment Assistance Accountability Act of 2011
- H.R. 2317 (112th): Promoting Green Transportation Infrastructure through Research and Development Act
- H.R. 1379 (112th): Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011
- H.R. 6251 (111th): Rebuilding Local Business Act of 2010
- H.Res. 1627 (111th): Recognizing the 110th anniversary of the Northwest Labor Press.
- H.R. 6124 (111th): Local Control for Energy and Environment Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1999 to Aug 2011, Wu missed 178 of 8,866 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Aug 2011. 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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
