Rep. Philip “Phil” English

Former Representative from Pennsylvania's 3^rd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2003-2009	Representative	Pennsylvania's 3^rd District
1995-2002	Representative	Pennsylvania's 21^st District

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Sponsorship Analysis

English was a moderate Republican leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from English’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare English to other members of the House of Representatives in the 110^th 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 English’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1995 to Dec 2008, English missed 226 of 9,048 roll call votes, which is 2.5%. 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.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1995 Jan-Mar	279	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	1	0.5%	20^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	6	2.6%	63^rd
1995 Oct-Dec	185	2	1.1%	30^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	9	4.9%	77^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	2	1.2%	34^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	1	1.4%	39^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	4	2.3%	54^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	49^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	1	0.6%	15^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	47^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	1	0.5%	20^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	5	2.5%	56^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	1	1.4%	38^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	1	1.3%	34^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	18^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	13	6.4%	86^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	3	2.1%	41^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	23^rd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	11	4.0%	68^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	41^st
2000 Oct-Dec	101	7	6.9%	48^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	36^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	3	2.2%	45^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	1	0.7%	23^rd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	4	2.6%	54^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	4	5.1%	70^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	8	3.9%	61^st
2002 Jul-Sep	141	3	2.1%	42^nd
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	1	1.1%	36^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	6	2.5%	54^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	6	3.1%	64^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	4	2.6%	44^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	5	4.8%	58^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	12	5.4%	74^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	6	3.7%	56^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	1	1.7%	42^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	8	2.9%	57^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	3	2.1%	50^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	42^nd
2006 Apr-Jun	276	8	2.9%	61^st
2006 Jul-Sep	159	3	1.9%	47^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	5	18.5%	87^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	9	4.2%	75^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	7	1.8%	49^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	8	2.5%	55^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	7	2.7%	45^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	3	2.0%	26^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	10	3.1%	48^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	11	5.4%	70^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th

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

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Philip “Phil” English [R-PA3, 2003-2009] leaves office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

Jan 03, 2009

Elections and Offices

Rep. Philip “Phil” English [R-PA3, 2003-2009] takes office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

Jan 07, 2003

Elections and Offices

Rep. Philip “Phil” English [R-PA3, 2003-2009] leaves office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district

Nov 22, 2002

Elections and Offices

Rep. Philip “Phil” English [R-PA3, 2003-2009] takes office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district

Jan 04, 1995