Across 7 Congresses, most in the
108th at 12.
In the 113th,
12 —
1 fewer than the median representative, who filed 13.
Of the 69, 1 became law.
Volume is not influence: the great majority of bills, from every
member, never get a vote.
Bills introduced, against the typical representative107th to 113th
7107th Congresstypical member 13
12108th Congresstypical member 13
10109th Congresstypical member 16
10110th Congresstypical member 18
7111th Congresstypical member 16
11112th Congresstypical member 15
12113th Congresstypical member 13
median for the chamber, that Congress
Cosponsored
2,197
Signed on to someone else's bill
Recorded votes
10,412
Roll calls tied to a bill, nominations aside
Their work
Drawn from the 69 bills this member
introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who
most often sign on.
Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.
Biography
A Representative from North Carolina. Born in Lumberton, Robeson County, N. C. , August 6, 1956. Graduated from Lumberton High School, Lumberton, N. C. , 1974. B. A. , University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. , 1978. J. D. , University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. , 1981. Lawyer, private practice. Delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1980. North Carolina commission on children and youth, 1987-1989. North Carolina commission on the family, 1989-1991. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-January 3, 2015). Was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014.
Votes
How this member answered on every recorded vote tied to a bill, newest
first — including the procedural motions on it, such as cloture.
Votes on nominations are not listed, because they are not attached to a bill.
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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 seats are held for the current Congress only, which is why they
are shown for sitting members and left out for everyone else rather than
reported as zero. 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.
