Rep. Tillie Fowler

Former Representative for Florida’s 4^th District

Fowler was the representative for Florida’s 4^th congressional district and was a Republican. She served from 1993 to 2000.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Tillie Fowler [R-FL4, 1993-2000]

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Fowler is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2000 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 Fowler sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 1995 to Dec 15, 2000. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

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

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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

Fowler sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (23%) Armed Forces and National Security (19%) International Affairs (17%) Law (11%) Economics and Public Finance (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%) Commerce (6%) Finance and Financial Sector (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Fowler recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Dec 2000, Fowler missed 256 of 4,863 roll call votes, which is 5.3%. This is worse than the median of 3.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2000. 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
1993 Jan-Mar	127	5	3.9%	70^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	14	7.4%	80^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	1	0.6%	24^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	2	1.5%	47^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	10	10.5%	90^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	29^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	3	2.1%	43^rd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	49^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	2	0.7%	35^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	5	2.6%	62^nd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	7	3.0%	68^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	23	12.4%	96^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	21	19.1%	97^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	4	2.2%	49^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	10	6.1%	86^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	4	2.3%	57^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	7	3.0%	67^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	10	6.1%	83^rd
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	49^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	4	2.2%	51^st
1998 Jul-Sep	199	12	6.0%	83^rd
1998 Oct-Dec	74	13	17.6%	97^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	17	8.3%	91^st
1999 Oct-Nov	146	8	5.5%	76^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	6	6.3%	68^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	15	5.4%	73^rd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	5	3.8%	66^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	43	42.6%	95^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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills