Rep. Sonny Bono
Former Representative from California's 44th District
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | California's 44th District |
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Sponsorship Analysis
Bono was a rank-and-file Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Bono’s time serving in the House of Representatives.
Use this chart to compare Bono to other members of the House of Representatives in the 105th 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 Bono’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 2882 (105th): Fairness and Voluntary Arbitration Act of 1998
- H.R. 2448 (105th): Protection From Personal Intrusion Act
- H.R. 1621 (105th): Copyright Term Extension Act of 1997
- H.R. 1542 (105th): Trade and Professional Association Free Flow of Information Act of 1997
- H.R. 1232 (105th): Imported Produce Labeling Act of 1997
- H.R. 1170 (105th): State Initiative Fairness Act
- H.R. 700 (105th): To remove the restriction on the distribution of certain revenues from the ...
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Voting Record
From Jan 1995 to Nov 1997, Bono missed 98 of 1,980 roll call votes, which is 4.9%. This is worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 1997. 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
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
- THOMAS, for sponsored bills