Billy Long, Representative for Missouri's 7th Congressional District

Long is the representative for Missouri’s 7^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 5, 2011. Long is next up for reelection in 2020 and serves until Jan 3, 2021 unless re-elected.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 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 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 Sep 21, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Americans for Prosperity: 85% FreedomWorks: 85% NumbersUSA: 78% United States Chamber of Commerce: 73% The Club for Growth: 63% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 8% League of Conservation Voters: 3% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Billy Long sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Communications and Technology, Environment and Climate Change, Health subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

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

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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 (56%) Science, Technology, Communications (31%) Water Resources Development (12%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Long voted Aye

H.R. 4863: United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019

Passed 235/184 on Nov 15, 2019.

Long voted No

H.R. 1892: Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018; SUSTAIN Care Act of 2018; ...

Passed 240/186 on Feb 9, 2018.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of funding for the federal government through March 23, 2018, to avert a government shutdown that would have ...

Long voted Yea

H.R. 597: Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act

Passed 313/118 on Oct 27, 2015.

House Democrats and a portion of the Republican House majority teamed up last week to win an important battle in the fight to bring back ...

Long voted Yea

H.Res. 450: Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 597) to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, ...

Passed 275/154 on Oct 27, 2015.

Long voted Yea

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of ...

Long voted Yea

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December ...

Long voted Aye

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Long voted Yea

H.R. 1022 (113th): Securing Energy Critical Elements and American Jobs Act of 2013

Failed 260/143 on Jul 22, 2014.

Long voted Nay

H.R. 3857 (112th): Public Transit Security and Local Law Enforcement Support Act

Passed 355/62 on Sep 12, 2012.

Long voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack ...

Long voted Nay

H.R. 1473 (112th): Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011

Passed 260/167 on Apr 14, 2011.

Long voted No

H.J.Res. 48 (112th): Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011

Passed 271/158 on Mar 15, 2011.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Sep 2020, Long missed 239 of 6,244 roll call votes, which is 3.8%. This is worse than the median of 2.2% 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	24^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	48	17.1%	98^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	1	0.4%	19^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	22^nd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	29	20.1%	96^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	7	2.9%	74^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	17	12.2%	92^nd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	6	2.6%	73^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	34	25.0%	99^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	12	6.0%	88^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	40	24.0%	99^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	22	17.1%	96^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	16^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	5	4.9%	81^st
2018 Nov-Dec	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Jan-Mar	136	1	0.7%	32^nd
2019 Apr-Jun	294	10	3.4%	77^th
2019 Jul-Sep	125	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	1	0.7%	27^th
2020 Jan-Mar	102	3	2.9%	58^th
2020 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jul-Sep	65	0	0.0%	0^th

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

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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