Rep. Gus Savage

Former Representative for Illinois’s 2^nd District

Savage was the representative for Illinois’s 2^nd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1981 to 1992.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Gus Savage [D-IL2, 1981-1992]

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Savage is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1992 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 Savage sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 1987 to Oct 9, 1992. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Savage 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Savage sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (57%) Transportation and Public Works (14%) Economics and Public Finance (14%) Labor and Employment (14%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Savage recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1981 to Oct 1992, Savage missed 1,027 of 5,383 roll call votes, which is 19.1%. This is much worse than the median of 4.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1992. 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
1981 Jan-Mar	15	4	26.7%	91^st
1981 Apr-Jun	90	24	26.7%	95^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	80	75.5%	100^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	65	45.8%	99^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	21	43.8%	96^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	36	30.3%	97^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	73	37.8%	97^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	43	43.4%	97^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	13	30.2%	98^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	23	12.6%	77^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	13	10.0%	88^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	9	6.3%	58^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	40	75.5%	100^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	35	15.7%	89^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	14	14.6%	89^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	3	8.3%	60^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	7	19.4%	91^st
1985 Apr-Jun	154	30	19.5%	97^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	5	5.0%	57^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	8	5.4%	63^rd
1986 Jan-Mar	61	27	44.3%	98^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	16	12.5%	92^nd
1986 Jul-Sep	202	24	11.9%	92^nd
1986 Oct-Oct	60	4	6.7%	65^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	9	23.1%	94^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	16	8.6%	76^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	7	7.4%	74^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	7	4.2%	29^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	19	38.8%	98^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	12	7.5%	70^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	15	9.9%	80^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	9	10.1%	81^st
1989 Jan-Mar	14	8	57.1%	99^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	10	9.5%	87^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	8	6.2%	80^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	6	5.0%	58^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	20	33.3%	99^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	14	9.3%	85^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	14	7.7%	85^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	14	9.8%	85^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	7	11.3%	89^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	14	10.1%	88^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	8	9.9%	80^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	40	24.7%	98^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	23	34.8%	98^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	39	21.1%	94^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	74	37.8%	97^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	17	41.5%	96^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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills