Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Dooley sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 2004. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Dooley is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Enacted Legislation
Dooley was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1274 (108th): To direct the Administrator of General Services to convey to Fresno County, California, the existing Federal courthouse in that county.
- H.R. 765 (103rd): To resolve the status of certain land relinquished to the United States under the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36), and for other purposes.
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 about one third or more 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
Dooley sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (20%) Law (18%) Economics and Public Finance (14%) Agriculture and Food (12%) Commerce (10%) Social Welfare (8%) Finance and Financial Sector (8%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Dooley’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5120 (108th): U.S. National Arboretum Appreciation Act of 2004
- H.R. 3308 (108th): To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to convert the dairy forward pricing ...
- H.R. 1737 (108th): Asbestos Victims’ Compensation Act of 2003
- H.R. 1568 (108th): Medicare Rx Now Act of 2003
- H.R. 1274 (108th): To direct the Administrator of General Services to convey to Fresno County, ...
- H.R. 1273 (108th): To designate a United States courthouse to be constructed in Fresno, California, ...
- H.R. 5616 (107th): Sunset of Helms-Burton Act of 2002
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1991 to Dec 2004, Dooley missed 455 of 8,012 roll call votes, which is 5.7%. This is much worse than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2004. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills