Rep. Zach Wamp
Former Representative for Tennessee’s 3rd District
Wamp was the representative for Tennessee’s 3rd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1995 to 2010.
![Photo of Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN3, 1995-2010]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/400421-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Wamp 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 Wamp sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2005 to Dec 21, 2010. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Wamp was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 454 (111th): Trail of Tears Documentation Act
- H.R. 3315 (110th): To provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall.
- H.R. 1260 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6301 Highway 58 in Harrison, Tennessee, as the “Claude Ramsey Post Office”.
- H.R. 3085 (109th): To amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and provide for …
Does 4 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
Wamp sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Sports and Recreation (18%) Government Operations and Politics (15%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (15%) Health (15%) Taxation (12%) Labor and Employment (9%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Wamp recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 4992 (111th): First Responders Protection Act of 2010
- H.R. 2768 (111th): To declare nuclear energy to be clean energy, for purposes of Federal …
- H.Con.Res. 125 (111th): Directing the Architect of the Capitol to design and place an educational …
- H.Res. 423 (111th): Expressing support for a national day of remembrance for the workers of …
- H.R. 1805 (111th): American Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2009
- H.Con.Res. 84 (111th): Supporting the goals and objectives of a National Military Appreciation Month.
- H.Res. 256 (111th): Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that all Americans should …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1995 to Dec 2010, Wamp missed 627 of 10,703 roll call votes, which is 5.9%. This is much worse 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.
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
