Bob Etheridge, former Representative for North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District

Etheridge was the representative for North Carolina’s 2^nd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1997 to 2010.

Photo of Rep. Bob Etheridge [D-NC2, 1997-2010]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Etheridge is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2010 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 Etheridge sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Etheridge was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:

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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

Etheridge sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Foreign Trade and International Finance (37%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Economics and Public Finance (11%) Law (11%) Emergency Management (11%) Finance and Financial Sector (8%) Agriculture and Food (5%) Crime and Law Enforcement (5%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Etheridge’s Vote	Vote Description
No	H.Res. 1766 (111th): Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the ... Dec 16, 2010. Passed 214/201.
Not Voting	S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.
Nay	H.R. 976 (110th): Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 Sep 25, 2007. Passed 265/159.
Nay	H.R. 3162 (110th): Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 Aug 1, 2007. Passed 225/204.
Yea	H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008. Jun 27, 2007. Passed 365/59.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1997 to Dec 2010, Etheridge missed 103 of 9,363 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is better than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1997 Jan-Mar	71	6	8.5%	85^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	3	1.7%	43^rd
1997 Jul-Sep	232	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	1	0.6%	13^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	3	1.6%	43^rd
1998 Jul-Sep	199	4	2.0%	48^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	1	1.3%	35^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	2	1.0%	36^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	4	2.7%	51^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	2	0.7%	23^rd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	6	5.9%	44^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	38^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	1	0.7%	20^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	2	1.3%	39^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	1	0.7%	22^nd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	4	4.3%	72^nd
2003 Apr-Jun	239	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	1	0.5%	19^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	3	2.9%	41^st
2004 Apr-Jun	221	1	0.5%	16^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	51^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	8	2.9%	59^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	3	2.1%	52^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	47^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	3	0.8%	25^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	1	0.3%	6^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	1	0.4%	9^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	3	2.0%	29^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	3	0.9%	16^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	3	1.5%	33^rd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	6	3.4%	65^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	3	1.0%	24^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	1	0.4%	11^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	8	3.3%	55^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	2	1.0%	21^st
2010 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	19^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	4	4.0%	49^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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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