Rep. Bob Barr
Former Representative from Georgia's 7th District
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | Georgia's 7th District |
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Sponsorship Analysis
Barr was a far-right Republican leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Barr’s time serving in the House of Representatives.
Use this chart to compare Barr to other members of the House of Representatives in the 107th 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 Barr’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5609 (107th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at ...
- H.R. 4884 (107th): Educator Appreciation and Classroom Help Act
- H.R. 4561 (107th): Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act
- H.R. 3897 (107th): Health Care Antitrust Improvements Act of 2002
- H.Con.Res. 296 (107th): Urging the President to negotiate a new base rights agreement with the ...
- H.R. 3564 (107th): Terrorism Tribunal Act of 2001
- H.R. 2929 (107th): Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2001
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Voting Record
From Jan 1995 to Nov 2002, Barr missed 170 of 4,737 roll call votes, which is 3.6%. This is worse than the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 2002. 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