Rep. Vernon Ehlers

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ehlers is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2010 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 Ehlers sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2005 to Dec 21, 2010. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Ehlers was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 6460 (110th): Great Lakes Legacy Reauthorization Act of 2008
• H.R. 5479 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 North Kidd Street in Ionia, Michigan, as the “Alonzo Woodruff Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 758 (109th): To establish an interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop a national strategy for aerospace workforce recruitment, training, and cultivation.
• H.R. 1070 (107th): Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act of 2002
• H.R. 1860 (107th): Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 2001
• H.R. 2346 (106th): To authorize the enforcement by State and local governments of certain Federal Communications Commission regulations regarding use of citizens band radio equipment.

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Does 6 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

Ehlers sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Science, Technology, Communications (22%) Education (16%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) Economics and Public Finance (12%) Law (10%) Environmental Protection (8%) Transportation and Public Works (8%) Commerce (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Ehlers recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.Res. 1560 (111th): Supporting the increased understanding of, and interest in, computer science and computing …
• H.Con.Res. 292 (111th): Supporting the goals and ideals of National Aerospace Week, and for other …
• H.Con.Res. 272 (111th): Recognizing the many contributions made by general aviation pilots and operators to …
• H.Res. 1310 (111th): Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the laser.
• H.Res. 1222 (111th): Supporting the goals and ideals of National Library Week.
• H.R. 4891 (111th): Drunk Driving Repeat Offender Prevention Act of 2010
• H.R. 4890 (111th): Research of Alcohol Detection Systems for Stopping Alcohol-Related Fatalities Everywhere Act of …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 1994 to Dec 2010, Ehlers missed 254 of 11,209 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is better than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. 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