Rep. Norman Sisisky

Former Representative for Virginia’s 4^th District

Sisisky was the representative for Virginia’s 4^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1983 to 2001.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Norman Sisisky [D-VA4, 1983-2001]

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Enacted Legislation

Sisisky was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:

H.R. 1378 (103rd): To amend title 10, United States Code, with respect to applicability of qualification requirements for certain acquisition positions in the Department of Defense.
H.R. 3932 (102nd): To improve the operational efficiency of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4726 (100th): A bill to designate the United States Post Office Building located at 700 Main Street in Danville, Virginia, as the “Dan Daniel Post Office Building”.
H.J.Res. 392 (98th): A joint resolution to designate December 7, 1984 as “National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day” on the occasion of the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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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

Sisisky recently introduced the following legislation:

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1983 to Mar 2001, Sisisky missed 349 of 9,509 roll call votes, which is 3.7%. This is on par with the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 2001. 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1983 Jan-Mar	43	2	4.7%	27^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	20	11.0%	75^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	5	3.5%	32^nd
1984 Jan-Mar	53	4	7.5%	55^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	5	2.2%	22^nd
1984 Jul-Sep	96	1	1.0%	15^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	33^rd
1985 Apr-Jun	154	4	2.6%	29^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	2	2.0%	34^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	2	1.4%	28^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	2	3.3%	30^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	9	7.0%	79^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	4	2.0%	40^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	2	1.1%	13^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	3	3.2%	55^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	2	1.2%	12^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	10	6.2%	70^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	15	16.9%	93^rd
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	57^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	2	1.9%	34^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	1	0.8%	18^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	2	1.7%	25^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	1	0.7%	18^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	1	0.5%	20^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	3	2.1%	43^rd
1991 Jan-Mar	62	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	21	15.1%	96^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	3	3.7%	51^st
1991 Oct-Nov	162	1	0.6%	19^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	3	4.5%	59^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	21^st
1992 Jul-Sep	196	4	2.0%	50^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	1	2.4%	44^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	4	3.1%	59^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	27	14.2%	96^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	1	0.6%	25^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	4	3.0%	68^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	39^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	18^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	7	4.9%	71^st
1994 Oct-Nov	51	3	5.9%	80^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	10	3.6%	80^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	5	2.6%	64^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	55	23.7%	99^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	18	9.7%	93^rd
1996 Jan-Mar	110	5	4.5%	76^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	3	1.6%	40^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	4	2.5%	57^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	5	2.2%	56^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	4	2.5%	52^nd
1998 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	34^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	2	2.6%	55^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	2	1.1%	30^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	1	0.5%	22^nd
1999 Oct-Nov	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	11	4.0%	66^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	4	3.1%	63^rd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	4	4.0%	33^rd
2001 Jan-Mar	75	25	33.3%	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