Former U.S. Representative

Larry KissellNo longer serving

District NC‑8 Party Democratic In office 2009–2013

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Bills introduced

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored

638

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

3,170

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

43 bills introduced

Across 2 Congresses, most in the 112th at 27. In the 112th, 27 — 12 more than the median representative, who filed 15. Volume is not influence: the great majority of bills, from every member, never get a vote.

Bills introduced, against the typical representative 111th to 112th

median for the chamber, that Congress

Biography

A Representative from North Carolina. Born in Pinehurst, Moore County, N. C. , January 31, 1951. Graduated from East Montgomery High School, Biscoe, N. C. , 1969. B. A. , Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N. C. , 1973. Teacher. Businessman. Unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 2006. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eleventh and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2009-January 3, 2013). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012.

Focus

Drawn from the 43 bills this member introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who most often sign on.

Subjects

Bills carry several subjects each, so these add up to more than 43.

Most frequent cosponsors

Mike McIntyre D-NC 18
David E. Price D-NC 13
Heath Shuler D-NC 12
Sue Wilkins Myrick R-NC 12
Michael H. Michaud D-ME 11
Howard Coble R-NC 11

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 2219	On Passage	Yea	Jul 8, 2011
HR 2219	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Aye	Jul 8, 2011
HR 2219	On Agreeing to the Amendment	No	Jul 8, 2011
HR 2219	On Agreeing to the Amendment	No	Jul 8, 2011
HR 2219	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Aye	Jul 8, 2011
HR 2219	On Agreeing to the Amendment	No	Jul 8, 2011
HR 2219	On Agreeing to the Amendment	No	Jul 8, 2011
HR 2219	On Agreeing to the Amendment	No	Jul 8, 2011

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HRES 818	Expressing support for designating January 8th as Elvis Presley Day.	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.	Nov 27, 2012
HR 6466	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt certain hospice programs from the limitation applicable to payments for hospice care under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Sep 20, 2012
HR 1160	McKinney Lake National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 466.	Jul 19, 2012
HR 2996	Gulf War Syndrome `Presumptive Illness' Extension Act of 2011	Subcommittee Hearings Held.	Jun 6, 2012
HR 5327	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on preparations based on ethanediamide, N-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-N'-(4-isodecylphenyl)-.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	May 14, 2012
HRES 645	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Teacher Day.	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.	May 7, 2012
HR 5153	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 1-Acetyl-4-(3-dodecyl-2, 5-dioxo-1-pyrrolidinyl)-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade .	May 2, 2012
HR 5152	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 1,3-Benzenedicarboxamide, N, N'-bis-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinyl)-.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade .	May 2, 2012

Bill	Title	Status	Signed on
HR 6107	VETS Act of 2012	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Nov 30, 2012
HRES 814	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade.	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.	Nov 16, 2012
HR 6527	Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2012	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Sep 21, 2012
HR 6511	To require investigations into and a report on the September 11-13, 2012, attacks on the United States missions in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen, and for other purposes.	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	Sep 21, 2012
HR 5817	Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.	Sep 21, 2012
HR 3831	Medicare Hospice Care Access Act of 2012	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Sep 20, 2012
HR 6439	Keep the Forest in the Family Estate Tax Act of 2012	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Sep 19, 2012
HR 1259	Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2011	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Sep 19, 2012

Sections of the Congressional Record in which this member spoke or entered a written statement, as the Government Publishing Office tags them; floor business such as amendment texts is left out. Each links to the official Record.

Date	Record section	Where
Dec 30, 2012	In Recognition of Chris Kelley	Written statement
Dec 30, 2012	In Recognition of Chaz Offenburg	Written statement
Dec 30, 2012	In Recognition of David Deese	Written statement
Dec 30, 2012	In Recognition of Christopher Schuler	Written statement
Dec 30, 2012	In Recognition of Elizabeth Bonner	Written statement
Dec 30, 2012	IN RECOGNITION OF ELENA DiTRAGLIA	Written statement
Dec 30, 2012	In Recognition of Emma Lambeth	Written statement
Dec 30, 2012	In Recognition of Georgia Lozier	Written statement

Committees

Current committees first, each with its role and years, and the subcommittees held now beneath it. Full history opens every role with its date and official record, and earlier subcommittee seats.

Earlier committees

Agriculture CommitteeMember2009–2013

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Agriculture Committee	Member	Jan 21, 2009 to Jan 3, 2013	H.Res. 74 · End of the 112th Congress
General Farm Commodities and Risk Management	Member	Listed Apr 2009 to Dec 2012	Hearing, Apr 2009
Rural Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture	Member	Listed Mar 2009 to May 2012	Hearing, Mar 2009
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry	Member	Listed Oct 2011 to Oct 2011	Congressional Directory, Dec 2011
Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research	Member	Listed Mar 2009 to Jul 2010	Hearing, Mar 2009

Armed Services CommitteeMember2009–2013

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Armed Services Committee	Member	Jan 7, 2009 to Jan 3, 2013	H.Res. 24 · End of the 112th Congress
Tactical Air and Land Forces	Member	Listed Oct 2009 to Sep 2012	Congressional Directory, Dec 2009
Readiness	Member	Listed Oct 2009 to Aug 2012	Congressional Directory, Dec 2009

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.