Rep. Jim Ryun
Former Representative for Kansas’s 2nd District
Ryun was the representative for Kansas’s 2nd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1996 to 2006.
![Photo of Rep. Jim Ryun [R-KS2, 1996-2006]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/400353-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Ryun is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2006 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 Ryun sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2001 to Dec 8, 2006. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Ryun was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3733 (108th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 410 Huston Street in Altamont, Kansas, as the “Myron V. George Post Office”.
- H.R. 2133 (107th): To establish a commission for the purpose of encouraging and providing for the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board …
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
Ryun sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Commerce (26%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (22%) Government Operations and Politics (11%) Social Welfare (10%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) Law (8%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (7%) Taxation (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Ryun recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5909 (109th): Haley’s Act
- H.Res. 793 (109th): English Language Unity Statements resolution
- H.Res. 786 (109th): Condemning the recent election of the Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations …
- H.Res. 720 (109th): Honoring the life of Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks.
- H.R. 4563 (109th): Servicemembers Interest Rate Relief Act of 2005
- H.R. 4168 (109th): Strengthening American Citizenship Act of 2005
- H.R. 3489 (109th): To suspend temporarily the duty on certain athletic footwear.
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1997 to Dec 2006, Ryun missed 141 of 5,832 roll call votes, which is 2.4%. This is on par with the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2006. 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