Rep. Stephen “Steve” Buyer

Former Representative from Indiana's 4^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2003-2010	Representative	Indiana's 4^th District
1993-2002	Representative	Indiana's 5^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Buyer was a rank-and-file Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Buyer’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Buyer 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

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 1993 to Dec 2010, Buyer missed 954 of 11,825 roll call votes, which is 8.1%. 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
1993 Jan-Mar	127	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	3	1.6%	36^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	4	2.4%	63^rd
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	23^rd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	5	5.3%	74^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	41^st
1994 Jul-Sep	142	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	1	0.4%	19^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	5	2.6%	63^rd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	41^st
1995 Oct-Dec	185	14	7.6%	88^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	2	1.8%	49^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	5	2.7%	55^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	7	4.3%	74^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	5	7.0%	79^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	14	8.0%	89^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	14	6.0%	84^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	6	3.7%	67^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	8	9.0%	84^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	8	4.3%	73^rd
1998 Jul-Sep	199	21	10.6%	93^rd
1998 Oct-Dec	74	7	9.5%	90^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	10	13.0%	94^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	16	8.7%	93^rd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	14	6.9%	89^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	16	11.0%	92^nd
2000 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	22^nd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	18	6.5%	83^rd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	42^nd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	2	2.0%	17^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	5	6.7%	84^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	7	5.2%	78^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	3	2.0%	54^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	16	10.5%	92^nd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	5	6.3%	79^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	28	13.8%	96^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	13	9.2%	88^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	27	28.7%	99^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	15	6.3%	85^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	4	2.1%	52^nd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	13	8.6%	84^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	10	9.6%	77^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	26	11.8%	94^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	2	1.2%	28^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	7	12.1%	86^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	36^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	15	5.5%	76^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	21	14.4%	95^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	9	5.5%	74^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	4	4.9%	77^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	28	10.1%	95^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	11	6.9%	87^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	1	3.7%	52^nd
2007 Jan-Mar	213	74	34.7%	99^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	27	6.9%	88^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	8	2.5%	60^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	77	29.3%	98^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	7	4.7%	55^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	42	13.1%	95^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	11	5.4%	74^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	11	6.3%	83^rd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	9	3.0%	59^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	8	3.0%	68^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	32	13.0%	93^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	53	27.2%	97^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	17	7.8%	80^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	42	27.8%	96^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	49	49.5%	97^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

Bill Text

H.R. 1293 (111th): Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009

This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (Jul 28, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:12 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 1293 (111th): Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009

This bill’s text for status Referred to Senate Committee (Jul 29, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:05 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 1293 (111th): Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009

This bill’s text for status Reported by House Committee (Mar 04, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 5:16 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 1293 (111th): Disabled Veterans Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009

This bill’s text is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 5:09 p.m.

Elections and Offices

Rep. Stephen “Steve” Buyer [R-IN4, 2003-2010] leaves office as Representative for Indiana's 4th congressional district

Dec 22, 2010