Sen. John Edwards

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Edwards to other members of the Senate in the 108^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

• S. 3017 (108th): Swain County Settlement Act of 2004
• S. 2445 (108th): Direct to Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising Act of 2004
• S. 2325 (108th): Telehealth Improvement Act of 2004
• S. 2303 (108th): Better Future for American Families Act
• S.J.Res. 32 (108th): A joint resolution to provide for Congressional disapproval of certain regulations issued ...
• S.J.Res. 31 (108th): A joint resolution to provide for Congressional disapproval of certain regulations issued ...
• S. 2153 (108th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service ...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1999 to Dec 2004, Edwards missed 311 of 1,980 roll call votes, which is 15.7%. This is worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 2004. 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