Rep. Bob Dold
Former Representative for Illinois’s 10th District
![Photo of Rep. Bob Dold [R-IL10, 2015-2016]](/static/legislator-photos/412420-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2016 Report Card for Dold.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Dold 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 Dold sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 30, 2016. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Dold was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 5946 (114th): United States Appreciation for Olympians and Paralympians Act of 2016
- H.R. 3187 (112th): March of Dimes Commemorative Coin Act of 2012
- H.R. 5890 (112th): To correct a technical error in Public Law 112-122.
Does 3 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
Dold sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Foreign Trade and International Finance (61%) Finance and Financial Sector (11%) Health (11%) Taxation (8%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Dold recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 6184 (114th): Medicare Enrollment Protection Act
- H.R. 5946 (114th): United States Appreciation for Olympians and Paralympians Act of 2016
- H.R. 5632 (114th): Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2016
- H.R. 5427 (114th): Stand Up For Students Act
- H.R. 5191 (114th): HELP for Students and Parents Act
- H.R. 4586 (114th): Lali’s Law
- H.R. 4514 (114th): Combating BDS Act of 2016
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Dec 2016, Dold missed 48 of 2,931 roll call votes, which is 1.6%. This is better than 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
