Rep. Barbara-Rose Collins

Former Representative for Michigan’s 15^th District

Collins was the representative for Michigan’s 15^th congressional district and was a Democrat. She served from 1993 to 1996.

She was previously the representative for Michigan’s 13^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1991 to 1992.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Barbara-Rose Collins [D-MI15, 1993-1996]

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Collins is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1996 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 Collins sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1991 to Oct 3, 1996. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Collins was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 4967 (103rd): To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse in Detroit, Michigan, as the “Theodore Levin Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.

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Does 1 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Collins sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Labor and Employment (20%) Economics and Public Finance (18%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%) Education (12%) Families (8%) Social Welfare (8%) Health (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Collins recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1991 to Sep 1996, Collins missed 389 of 3,393 roll call votes, which is 11.5%. This is much worse than the median of 2.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 1996. 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1991 Jan-Mar	62	4	6.5%	78^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	3	2.2%	35^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	3	3.7%	49^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	1	0.6%	16^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	5	7.6%	72^nd
1992 Apr-Jun	185	10	5.4%	69^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	48	24.5%	96^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	3	7.3%	65^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	5	2.6%	49^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	5	3.0%	65^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	28^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	38^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	23	10.5%	93^rd
1994 Jul-Sep	142	14	9.9%	87^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	6	11.8%	89^th
1995 Jan-Mar	278	46	16.5%	98^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	39	20.6%	98^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	120	51.7%	99^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	14	7.6%	85^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	13	11.8%	90^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	6	3.3%	58^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	18	11.0%	92^nd

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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills