Crenshaw was the representative for Florida’s 4th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2001 to 2016.
![Photo of Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL4, 2001-2016]](/static/legislator-photos/400086-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2016 Report Card for Crenshaw.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Crenshaw is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2016 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 Crenshaw sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 30, 2016. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Crenshaw was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 2995 (114th): Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016
- H.R. 2786 (113th): Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014
- H.R. 2551 (112th): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012
- H.R. 3667 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16555 Springs Street in White Springs, Florida, as the “Clyde L. Hillhouse Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 3768 (108th): Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve Boundary Revision Act of 2004
- H.R. 3699 (107th): To revise certain grants for continuum of care assistance for homeless individual and families.
Does 6 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
Crenshaw sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Economics and Public Finance (33%) Taxation (27%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (27%) International Affairs (13%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Crenshaw recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5485 (114th): Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017
- H.R. 4795 (114th): ABLE to Work Act of 2016
- H.R. 4794 (114th): ABLE Financial Planning Act
- H.R. 2995 (114th): Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016
- H.R. 2659 (114th): Nepal Trade Preferences Act
- H.R. 681 (114th): GSP UPDATE Act
- H.R. 5016 (113th): Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2001 to Dec 2016, Crenshaw missed 340 of 11,097 roll call votes, which is 3.1%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2016. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
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
