Sen. Fred Thompson

Sponsorship Analysis

Thompson was a moderate Republican follower according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Thompson’s time serving in the Senate.

Use this chart to compare Thompson to other members of the Senate in the 107^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Thompson’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• S. 3067 (107th): Government Information Security Reform Act
• S. 2925 (107th): A bill to provide that certain ceiling fans enter duty-free and without ...
• S. 2682 (107th): A bill to provide for reliquidation and payment of antidumping duties on ...
• S. 2530 (107th): A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. ...
• S. 1811 (107th): Presidential Appointments Improvement Act of 2002
• S. 1780 (107th): Federal Emergency Procurement Flexibility Act of 2001
• S. 1736 (107th): A bill to provide for the reclassification of certain counties for purposes ...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1995 to Nov 2002, Thompson missed 33 of 2,836 roll call votes, which is 1.2%. This is better than the median of 1.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Nov 2002. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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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