Rep. Billy Long

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Long.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Long is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Long has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 5, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Billy Long sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
  • Member, Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change
  • Member, Subcommittee on Health

Enacted Legislation

Long was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

• H.R. 1894: To facilitate construction of a bridge on certain property in Christian County, Missouri, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 2452 (114th): To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to facilitating dissemination of health care economic information.

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Long sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (68%) Science, Technology, Communications (11%) Environmental Protection (11%) Government Operations and Politics (11%)

Recent Bills

Some of Long’s most recently sponsored bills include...

• H.R. 3869: Internet Exchange Act of 2019
• H.R. 2132: To exempt certain structures from removal from Army Corps of Engineers property on ...
• H.R. 7126: To exempt certain structures from removal from Army Corps of Engineers property on ...
• H.R. 5275: Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions Act
• H.R. 4828: CURD Act
• H.R. 4817: PEERING Act of 2018
• H.R. 4575: Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2017

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Dec 2019, Long missed 236 of 5,999 roll call votes, which is 3.9%. This is worse than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. 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.

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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