Nunnelee was the representative for Mississippi’s 1st congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2011 to 2015.
![Photo of Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS1, 2011-2015]](/static/legislator-photos/412442-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Nunnelee is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2014 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Nunnelee sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2009 to Dec 11, 2014. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Nunnelee was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3044 (113th): To approve the transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties in Iuka, Mississippi.
- H.R. 2213 (112th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 801 West Eastport Street in Iuka, Mississippi, as the “Sergeant Jason W. Vaughn Post Office”.
Does 2 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Nunnelee sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Foreign Trade and International Finance (67%) Transportation and Public Works (33%)
Recent Bills
Some of Nunnelee’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4268 (113th): To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to United States ...
- H.R. 3044 (113th): To approve the transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties in Iuka, Mississippi.
- H.R. 2628 (113th): To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to United States ...
- H.R. 346 (113th): SAFE Act
- H.R. 5458 (112th): To suspend temporarily the duty on certain extrusion presses.
- H.R. 4828 (112th): To suspend temporarily the duty on certain aluminum alloy profiles.
- H.R. 4829 (112th): To suspend temporarily the duty on used camshafts and crankshafts for diesel ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Feb 2015, Nunnelee missed 384 of 2,861 roll call votes, which is 13.4%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Feb 2015. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
