Rep. Donald Payne

Former Representative for New Jersey’s 10^th District

Payne was the representative for New Jersey’s 10^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1989 to 2012.

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Payne 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 Payne sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2007 to Jan 1, 2013. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Payne was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:

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Does 7 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

Payne sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (28%) Education (21%) Government Operations and Politics (10%) Health (9%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (9%) Economics and Public Finance (8%) Social Welfare (7%) Crime and Law Enforcement (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Payne recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Payne voted Nay

H.R. 674 (112th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on …

Passed 405/16 on Oct 27, 2011.

Payne voted No

S. 365 (112th): Budget Control Act of 2011

Passed 269/161 on Aug 1, 2011.

The Budget Control Act of 2011 (Pub.L. 112–25, S. 365, 125 Stat. 240, enacted August 2, 2011) is a federal statute enacted by the 112th …

Payne voted No

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack …

Payne voted Nay

H.Res. 22 (112th): Reducing the amount authorized for salaries and expenses of Member, committee, and leadership offices in 2011 and …

Passed 408/13 on Jan 6, 2011.

Payne voted Nay

S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010

Passed 304/118 on Sep 29, 2010.

Payne voted No

H.R. 2701 (111th): Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010

Passed 235/168 on Feb 26, 2010.

Payne voted No

H.Res. 801 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3688) to implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.

Passed 349/55 on Nov 7, 2007.

Payne voted Nay

H.R. 3087 (110th): A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress reports on the status of …

Passed 377/46 on Oct 2, 2007.

Payne voted Nay

H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008.

Passed 365/59 on Jun 27, 2007.

Payne voted No

H.R. 2082 (110th): Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

Passed 225/197 on May 11, 2007.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1989 to Mar 2012, Payne missed 1,153 of 14,706 roll call votes, which is 7.8%. This is much worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1989 Jan-Mar	14	3	21.4%	94^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	10	9.5%	92^nd
1989 Jul-Sep	128	9	7.0%	85^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	18	14.9%	92^nd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	2	3.3%	59^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	7	4.7%	62^nd
1990 Jul-Sep	183	22	12.0%	94^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	5	3.6%	57^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	5	6.2%	67^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	9	5.6%	78^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	1	1.5%	25^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	16	8.6%	83^rd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	9	4.6%	68^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	4	3.1%	54^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	17	8.9%	81^st
1993 Jul-Sep	164	3	1.8%	58^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	4	3.0%	65^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	10	10.5%	89^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	4	1.8%	43^rd
1994 Jul-Sep	142	3	2.1%	42^nd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	4	7.8%	84^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	6	2.2%	65^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	4	2.1%	52^nd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	11	4.7%	81^st
1995 Oct-Dec	185	8	4.3%	73^rd
1996 Jan-Mar	110	3	2.7%	53^rd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	7	3.8%	67^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	3	1.8%	45^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	3	4.2%	63^rd
1997 Apr-Jun	174	3	1.7%	46^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	9	3.9%	72^nd
1997 Oct-Nov	163	37	22.7%	99^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	28	31.5%	97^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	14	7.6%	85^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	9	4.5%	73^rd
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	3	3.9%	67^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	4	2.2%	54^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	5	2.5%	67^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	19	13.0%	94^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	16	16.8%	92^nd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	24	8.7%	88^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	12	9.2%	90^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	10	9.9%	68^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	2	2.7%	56^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	8	5.9%	82^nd
2001 Jul-Sep	149	11	7.4%	89^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	6	3.9%	69^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	9	11.4%	91^st
2002 Apr-Jun	203	14	6.9%	83^rd
2002 Jul-Sep	141	3	2.1%	45^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	7	11.5%	85^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	16	17.0%	97^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	24	10.0%	94^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	41	21.2%	98^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	4	3.8%	48^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	14	6.3%	79^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	14	8.7%	81^st
2004 Oct-Dec	58	8	13.8%	87^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	10	11.1%	92^nd
2005 Apr-Jun	272	19	7.0%	84^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	17	11.6%	93^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	44	27.0%	98^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	3	3.7%	71^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	59	21.4%	99^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	17	10.7%	95^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	6	2.8%	62^nd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	24	6.1%	87^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	8	2.5%	61^st
2007 Oct-Dec	263	26	9.9%	88^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	19^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	38	11.8%	93^rd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	26	12.7%	95^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	6	3.4%	68^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	13	4.3%	74^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	9	3.4%	72^nd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	29	11.8%	94^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	20	10.3%	91^st
2010 Apr-Jun	219	15	6.8%	81^st
2010 Jul-Sep	151	15	9.9%	92^nd
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	44^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	11	5.2%	90^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	28	10.0%	92^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	35	14.2%	97^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	20	9.6%	91^st
2012 Jan-Mar	97	66	68.0%	99^th

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
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recently Introduced Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

Primary Sources