Rep. Christopher “Chris” John
Former Representative from Louisiana's 7th District
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | Louisiana's 7th District |
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Sponsorship Analysis
John was a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from John’s time serving in the House of Representatives.
Use this chart to compare John to other members of the House of Representatives in the 108th 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 John’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4959 (108th): Hunting Heritage and Fishing Preservation Act of 2004
- H.R. 4957 (108th): Keeping Our Education Promise to America’s Children Act of 2004
- H.R. 4958 (108th): Energy Independence for a Strong America Act of 2004
- H.R. 4833 (108th): Rural Education Equity Act of 2004
- H.Res. 718 (108th): Providing that the trade authorities procedures under the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority ...
- H.R. 4819 (108th): Essential Waterways Operations and Maintenance Act of 2004
- H.R. 4790 (108th): Drug Importation Promotion and Safety Act
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Voting Record
From Jan 1997 to Dec 2004, John missed 342 of 4,618 roll call votes, which is 7.4%. This is worse than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2004. 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