Rep. Lewis Payne

Former Representative for Virginia’s 5^th District

Payne was the representative for Virginia’s 5^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1988 to 1996.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Lewis Payne [D-VA5, 1988-1996]

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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 1996 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 3, 1991 to Oct 3, 1996. See full analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Payne sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Foreign Trade and International Finance (23%) Government Operations and Politics (23%) Taxation (15%) Education (12%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (12%) Agriculture and Food (8%) Health (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Payne recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jun 1988 to Sep 1996, Payne missed 81 of 4,565 roll call votes, which is 1.8%. This is better than the median of 2.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 1996. 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
1988 Apr-Jun	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	2	1.3%	15^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	1	1.1%	38^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	2	14.3%	84^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	3	2.9%	42^nd
1989 Jul-Sep	128	2	1.6%	33^rd
1989 Oct-Nov	121	3	2.5%	33^rd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	1	0.7%	14^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	2	1.1%	30^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	1	0.7%	19^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	1	1.6%	31^st
1991 Apr-Jun	139	3	2.2%	35^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	2	2.5%	31^st
1991 Oct-Nov	162	6	3.7%	65^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	22^nd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	2	1.0%	24^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	1	2.4%	44^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	1	0.8%	24^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	4	2.1%	42^nd
1993 Jul-Sep	164	1	0.6%	22^nd
1993 Oct-Nov	134	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	63^rd
1994 Apr-Jun	219	5	2.3%	51^st
1994 Jul-Sep	142	1	0.7%	18^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	2	3.9%	68^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	1	0.4%	18^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	3	1.6%	41^st
1995 Jul-Sep	232	6	2.6%	60^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	5	2.7%	57^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	9	4.9%	74^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	5	3.1%	59^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