Rep. James “Jim” Ramstad
Former Representative from Minnesota's 3rd District
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | Minnesota's 3rd District |
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Sponsorship Analysis
Ramstad was a centrist Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Ramstad’s time serving in the House of Representatives.
Use this chart to compare Ramstad to other members of the House of Representatives in the 110th 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 Ramstad’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 7082 (110th): Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008
- H.R. 6243 (110th): Ambulance Fuel Tax Relief Act of 2008
- H.R. 6172 (110th): Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept Act
- H.R. 4976 (110th): To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain cathode-ray tubes.
- H.R. 4977 (110th): To extend the temporary suspension of duty on an infrared absorbing dye.
- H.R. 4981 (110th): To extend and modify the temporary suspension of duty on certain catalytic ...
- H.R. 4975 (110th): To suspend temporarily the duty on perfluorobutane sulfonyl fluoride.
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Voting Record
From Jan 1991 to Dec 2008, Ramstad missed 108 of 11,102 roll call votes, which is 1.0%. This is better than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2008. 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