Rep. Phil Gingrey

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2014 Report Card for Gingrey.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Gingrey is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2014 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 Gingrey sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2009 to Dec 11, 2014. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Gingrey was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 6092 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 Tallapoosa Street in Bremen, Georgia, as the “Sergeant Paul Saylor Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 4143 (110th): To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project in Atlanta, Georgia.
• H.R. 1925 (108th): Runaway, Homeless, and Missing Children Protection Act

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Does 3 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

Gingrey sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (38%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Immigration (10%) Labor and Employment (7%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (7%) Taxation (7%) Energy (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Gingrey recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 5268 (113th): Preventing Government Printing Overreach Act of 2014
• H.R. 5003 (113th): Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014
• H.R. 4750 (113th): Standard of Care Protection Act of 2014
• H.Res. 553 (113th): Recognizing Linemen, the profession of Linemen, and the contributions of these brave …
• H.R. 4008 (113th): Educational Freedom Act of 2014
• H.R. 3742 (113th): Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act of 2013
• H.Res. 405 (113th): Commending the Patriot Guard Riders for their mission to show sincere respect …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to Dec 2014, Gingrey missed 395 of 8,776 roll call votes, which is 4.5%. This is worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2014. 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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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
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills