Rep. “Butch” Otter
Former Representative from Idaho's 1st District
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | Idaho's 1st District |
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Sponsorship Analysis
Otter was a far-right Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Otter’s time serving in the House of Representatives.
Use this chart to compare Otter to other members of the House of Representatives in the 109th 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 Otter’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4970 (109th): Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act
- H.R. 4377 (109th): To extend the time required for construction of a hydroelectric project, and ...
- H.R. 4001 (109th): To temporarily waive the restriction on highway use in applying the tax ...
- H.R. 2718 (109th): Idaho Land Enhancement Act
- H.R. 2563 (109th): To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct feasibility studies to ...
- H.R. 2003 (109th): To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to remove ...
- H.R. 1852 (109th): To direct the Secretary of the Interior to extend certain water contracts ...
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Voting Record
From Jan 2001 to Dec 2006, Otter missed 58 of 3,431 roll call votes, which is 1.7%. This is better than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2006. 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