Rep. Artur Davis
Former Representative from Alabama's 7th District
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | Alabama's 7th District |
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Sponsorship Analysis
Davis was a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Davis’s time serving in the House of Representatives.
Use this chart to compare Davis to other members of the House of Representatives in the 111th Congress on leadership and ideology.
This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.
Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship
Some of Davis’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 1054 (111th): Commending and congratulating the University of West Alabama on the occasion of ...
- H.R. 4345 (111th): Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act
- H.R. 4340 (111th): Main Street Survival Act
- H.Res. 972 (111th): Commending University of Alabama Running Back Mark Ingram on winning the 2009 ...
- H.R. 3675 (111th): National Quality Cancer Care Demonstration Project Act of 2009
- H.R. 3623 (111th): To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to provide ...
- H.R. 3473 (111th): To direct the Presidential designee under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee ...
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Voting Record
From Jan 2003 to Dec 2010, Davis missed 518 of 5,966 roll call votes, which is 8.7%. This is 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.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- THOMAS, for sponsored bills
Recent Legislative Activity
Vote
H.R. 3808 (111th): Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2010 (On Overriding the Veto)
Failed 185/235
Nov 17, 2010 5:24 p.m.Bill Text
This resolution’s text is now available.
Feb 03, 2010 6:53 a.m.Introduced
Sponsor: Rep. Artur Davis [D-AL7, 2003-2010]
This resolution was introduced on February 2, 2010, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.
Feb 02, 2010