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Rep. Ronnie Flippo

Former Representative for Alabama’s 5th District

Flippo was the representative for Alabama’s 5th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1977 to 1990.

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Flippo is shown as a purple triangle in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1990 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 Flippo sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1985 to Oct 27, 1990. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Flippo was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

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Does 5 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

Flippo sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (32%) Government Operations and Politics (24%) Energy (11%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (11%) Environmental Protection (8%) Crime and Law Enforcement (5%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (5%) Transportation and Public Works (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Flippo recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1977 to Oct 1990, Flippo missed 1,011 of 7,267 roll call votes, which is 13.9%. This is much worse than the median of 4.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1990. 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: