Rep. Solomon Ortiz

Former Representative from Texas's 27^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1983-2010	Representative	Texas's 27^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Ortiz was a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Ortiz’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Ortiz to other members of the House of Representatives in the 111^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

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Voting Record

From Jan 1983 to Dec 2010, Ortiz missed 1,050 of 16,376 roll call votes, which is 6.4%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1983 Jan-Mar	43	5	11.6%	73^rd
1983 Apr-Jun	182	10	5.5%	56^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	24^th
1983 Oct-Nov	141	8	5.7%	58^th
1984 Jan-Mar	52	6	11.5%	80^th
1984 Apr-Jun	222	16	7.2%	51^st
1984 Jul-Sep	94	3	3.2%	45^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	2	5.6%	44^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	6	16.7%	83^rd
1985 Apr-Jun	152	18	11.8%	90^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	3	3.0%	33^rd
1985 Oct-Dec	147	11	7.5%	84^th
1986 Jan-Mar	60	6	10.0%	78^th
1986 Apr-Jun	127	16	12.6%	91^st
1986 Jul-Sep	199	10	5.0%	61^st
1986 Oct-Oct	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	6	15.4%	81^st
1987 Apr-Jun	186	15	8.1%	79^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	6	6.3%	75^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	18	10.8%	81^st
1988 Feb-Mar	49	7	14.3%	88^th
1988 Apr-Jun	159	17	10.7%	87^th
1988 Jul-Sep	149	11	7.4%	78^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	2	2.2%	49^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	7	50.0%	99^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	3	2.9%	47^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	1	0.8%	22^nd
1989 Oct-Nov	121	1	0.8%	15^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	1	1.7%	40^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	2	1.3%	34^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	6	3.3%	58^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	7	11.3%	93^rd
1991 Apr-Jun	139	7	5.0%	71^st
1991 Jul-Sep	81	3	3.7%	49^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	10	6.2%	82^nd
1992 Jan-Mar	66	9	13.6%	90^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	3	1.6%	32^nd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	5	2.6%	53^rd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	2	4.9%	65^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	17	8.9%	83^rd
1993 Jul-Sep	164	4	2.4%	63^rd
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	23^rd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	7	7.4%	84^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	12	5.5%	80^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	16	5.7%	88^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	10	5.3%	81^st
1995 Jul-Sep	232	17	7.3%	90^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	7	6.4%	81^st
1996 Apr-Jun	182	13	7.1%	88^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	6	3.7%	68^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	54^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	4	2.3%	53^rd
1997 Jul-Sep	232	8	3.4%	71^st
1997 Oct-Nov	163	5	3.1%	62^nd
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	46^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	35^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	28	14.1%	95^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	2	2.6%	55^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	11	6.0%	83^rd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	10	4.9%	83^rd
1999 Oct-Nov	146	10	6.8%	82^nd
2000 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	51^st
2000 Apr-Jun	277	5	1.8%	41^st
2000 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	1	1.0%	12^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	8	10.7%	92^nd
2001 Apr-Jun	135	1	0.7%	20^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	2	1.3%	39^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	3	2.0%	46^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	8	10.1%	89^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	9	4.4%	67^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	6	4.3%	66^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	11	18.0%	94^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	4	4.3%	72^nd
2003 Apr-Jun	239	19	7.9%	90^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	4	2.1%	52^nd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	20	13.2%	92^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	31	29.8%	99^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	4	2.5%	44^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	27	46.6%	98^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	36^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	13	4.8%	73^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	27	18.5%	98^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	11	6.7%	81^st
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	42^nd
2006 Apr-Jun	276	19	6.9%	89^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	3	1.9%	50^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	62^nd
2007 Jan-Mar	213	9	4.2%	77^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	139	35.4%	99^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	3	0.9%	22^nd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	36	13.7%	93^rd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	26	17.4%	94^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	28	8.7%	84^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	31	15.1%	97^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	1	0.6%	21^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	1	0.3%	8^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	5	1.9%	51^st
2009 Oct-Dec	246	2	0.8%	17^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	10	5.1%	68^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	6	2.7%	46^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	13	8.6%	85^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	30	30.3%	95^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
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Bill Text

H.R. 3537 (111th): Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

This bill’s text for status Reported by Senate Committee (Apr 26, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 7:27 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 3537 (111th): Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (Oct 13, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:38 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 3537 (111th): Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

This bill’s text for status Referred to Senate Committee (Oct 14, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:34 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 3537 (111th): Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

This bill’s text is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:26 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 3537 (111th): Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Reauthorization Act of 2009

This bill’s text for status Reported by House Committee (Sep 08, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:19 p.m.