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Sep 16, 2012 8:16 p.m.Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao
Former Representative from Louisiana's 2nd District
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title / State / District |
|---|---|
| Representative, Louisiana's 2nd District |
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Sponsorship Analysis
Cao was a centrist Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Cao’s time serving in the House of Representatives. Cao’s bills had a total of 319 cosponsors in the 111th Congress.
Use this chart to compare Cao to other members of the House of Representatives in the 111th Congress on leadership and ideology.
This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.
Bills Sponsored
Some of Cao’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6432 (111th): Vietnam Democracy Promotion Act of 2010
- H.R. 6433 (111th): Vietnam Human Rights Sanctions Act
- H.Res. 1577 (111th): Observing the fifth anniversary of the date on which Hurricane Katrina devastated ...
- H.R. 5684 (111th): Maritime Infrastructure Security and Counterterrorism Act
- H.R. 5553 (111th): National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2010
- H.R. 5267 (111th): To amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to ...
- H.Res. 1331 (111th): Recognizing and appreciating the historical significance and the heroic struggle and sacrifice ...
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Voting Record
From Jan 2009 to Dec 2010, Cao missed 106 of 1,655 roll call votes, which is 6.4%. 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.
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
- Office of Anh Cao for the photo
- THOMAS, for sponsored bills
Recent Legislative Activity
Bill Text
This bill’s text for status Reference Change (May 20, 2010) is now available.
Sep 16, 2012 7:44 p.m.Bill Text
This bill’s text for status Reported by Senate Committee (May 18, 2010) is now available.
Sep 16, 2012 7:43 p.m.Bill Text
This bill’s text for status Referred to Senate Committee (Dec 10, 2009) is now available.
Sep 16, 2012 6:59 p.m.Bill Text
This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (Dec 09, 2009) is now available.
Sep 16, 2012 6:55 p.m.