Rep. James “Jim” Marshall

Former Representative for Georgia’s 8^th District

Marshall was the representative for Georgia’s 8^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2007 to 2010.

He was previously the representative for Georgia’s 3^rd congressional district as a Democrat from 2003 to 2006.

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Marshall is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2010 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 Marshall sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2005 to Dec 21, 2010. See full analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Marshall sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Economics and Public Finance (20%) Government Operations and Politics (19%) Health (15%) Armed Forces and National Security (11%) Social Welfare (11%) Education (9%) Law (7%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Marshall recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Marshall voted Yea

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

Passed 304/118 on Sep 29, 2010.

Marshall voted No

H.R. 5136 (111th): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011

Passed 229/186 on May 28, 2010.

Marshall voted Nay

H.Res. 317 (111th): Recognizing the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, and …

Passed 312/108 on Sep 15, 2009.

Marshall voted Yea

H.R. 31 (111th): Lumbee Recognition Act

Passed 240/179 on Jun 3, 2009.

Marshall voted Aye

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.

Marshall voted No

H.R. 3056 (110th): Tax Collection Responsibility Act of 2007

Passed 232/173 on Oct 10, 2007.

Marshall voted Nay

H.Res. 601 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3159) to mandate minimum periods of rest and recuperation for …

Passed 224/200 on Aug 2, 2007.

Marshall voted Nay

H.Res. 533 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2956) to require the Secretary of Defense to commence the …

Passed 221/196 on Jul 12, 2007.

Marshall 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.

Marshall voted Nay

H.Res. 429 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1100) to revise the boundary of the Carl Sandburg Home …

Passed 228/198 on May 23, 2007.

Marshall voted No

H.Res. 332 (110th): Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1591) making emergency supplemental appropriations …

Passed 226/195 on Apr 25, 2007.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to Dec 2010, Marshall missed 275 of 5,966 roll call votes, which is 4.6%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. 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
2003 Jan-Mar	94	1	1.1%	35^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	2	0.8%	26^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	5	2.6%	61^st
2003 Oct-Dec	151	36	23.8%	99^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	9	8.7%	74^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	2	0.9%	26^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	5	3.1%	50^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	5	1.8%	48^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	4	2.7%	61^st
2005 Oct-Dec	163	7	4.3%	67^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	60^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	20	7.2%	90^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	7	4.4%	76^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	62^nd
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	18^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	10	2.5%	63^rd
2007 Jul-Sep	317	74	23.3%	98^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	12	4.6%	69^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	7	4.7%	55^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	21	6.5%	77^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	4	2.0%	42^nd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	9	3.0%	59^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	4	1.5%	40^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	8	3.3%	55^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	5	2.6%	42^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	52^nd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	3	2.0%	44^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	39^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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recently Introduced Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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