Richard Baker
Former
U.S. Representative from Louisiana’s 6th
District
, 1987-2008 (Republican)
Congressional Service | Below are the past and present terms in the Senate, House, and White House held by Richard Baker: | When | Role | Representing |
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1987-2008 | U.S. Representative | Louisiana’s 6th | |
| Sponsorship Analysis |  Higher numbers mean other Members of Congress tend to cosponsor Baker’s bills, while lower numbers mean Baker tends to cosponsor others’ bills.
This shows Baker’s percentile rank among Members of Congress.  | Baker
is
a follower according to our statistical analysis of bills in this legislative session. Baker tends to cosponsors the bills of other Members of Congress who do not cosponsor Baker’s own bills.
For more, see congressional statistics.
 | Voting Record |  | Richard Baker
missed 611
(6%)
of
10976 votes
between
Jan 23, 1990.
and
Jan 29, 2008.
The graph to the left shows the number of missed votes
over time. Click for a larger chart and a list of recent votes.
| Money & Influence | |
The top campaign contribution to Baker in 2007-2008 was
$10,000 from employees of UBS AG.
Richard Baker’s net worth was between $50,001 and $100,000 in 2007,
according to Baker’s mandated financial disclosure statements.
For more information, see the Center for Responsive Politics’ page for Baker.
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Bill Sponsorship & CosponsorshipRichard Baker has sponsored
160 bills
between
Jan 3, 1989.
and
Dec 19, 2007
of which 134
haven't made it out of committee
and
7
were successfully enacted.
Baker has co-sponsored
1853
bills during the same time period.
(The count of enacted bills considers only bills
actually sponsored by Baker and companion bills identified by CRS that were themselves enacted, but not if they were incorporated into other bills, as that information is not readily available.)
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