Rep. Robert “Bob” Ney

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ney 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 Ney sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2001 to Dec 8, 2006. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Ney was the primary sponsor of 12 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 5434 (109th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 South Walnut Street in Chillicothe, Ohio, as the “Larry Cox Post Office”.
• H.R. 2872 (109th): Louis Braille Bicentennial--Braille Literacy Commemorative Coin Act
• H.R. 4912 (109th): Rural Health Care Capital Access Act of 2006
• H.R. 3669 (109th): National Flood Insurance Program Enhanced Borrowing Authority Act of 2005
• H.R. 3071 (109th): To permit the individuals currently serving as Executive Director, Deputy Executive Directors, and General Counsel of the Office of Compliance to serve one additional term.
• H.R. 5122 (108th): To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to permit members of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance to serve for 2 terms.
• H.R. 5105 (108th): To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out construction and related activities in support of the collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope …

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Does 12 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

Ney sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (29%) Economics and Public Finance (15%) Crime and Law Enforcement (14%) Finance and Financial Sector (10%) Housing and Community Development (9%) Law (9%) International Affairs (7%) Science, Technology, Communications (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Ney recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 5851 (109th): Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2006
• H.R. 5527 (109th): Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2006
• H.R. 5443 (109th): Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2006
• H.R. 5434 (109th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at …
• H.R. 5121 (109th): Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2006
• H.R. 5032 (109th): Fallen Heroes Tax Fairness Act of 2006
• H.R. 4912 (109th): Rural Health Care Capital Access Act of 2006

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1995 to Sep 2006, Ney missed 202 of 7,145 roll call votes, which is 2.8%. This is on par with the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 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.

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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
• Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills