Rep. Ernest “Ernie” Fletcher
Former Representative from Kentucky's 6th District
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | Kentucky's 6th District |
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Sponsorship Analysis
Fletcher was a rank-and-file Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Fletcher’s time serving in the House of Representatives.
Use this chart to compare Fletcher 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 Fletcher’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 3160 (108th): Tobacco Reduction, Accountability, and Community Enhancement Act of 2003
- H.R. 660 (108th): Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003
- H.R. 245 (108th): Tobacco Equity Elimination Act of 2003
- H.R. 5257 (107th): Keeping All Children Safe in Schools Act of 2002
- H.R. 5035 (107th): Tobacco Equity Elimination Act of 2002
- H.R. 4170 (107th): State Cooperative Health Care Access Plan Act of 2002
- H.R. 3511 (107th): To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue the ...
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Voting Record
From Jan 1999 to Dec 2003, Fletcher missed 255 of 2,887 roll call votes, which is 8.8%. This is worse than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2003. 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