Bass was the representative for New Hampshire’s 2nd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2011 to 2012.
He was previously the representative for New Hampshire’s 2nd congressional district as a Republican from 1995 to 2006.
![Photo of Rep. Charles “Charlie” Bass [R-NH2, 2011-2012]](/static/legislator-photos/400019-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Bass is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2013 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 Bass sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2007 to Jan 1, 2013. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Bass was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1591 (112th): Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans Act of 2011
- H.R. 3185 (108th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 38 Spring Street in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the “Hugh Gregg Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 3180 (107th): To consent to certain amendments to the New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact.
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
Bass sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (33%) Armed Forces and National Security (33%) Energy (33%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Bass recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 6438 (112th): Member Pay Reduction and Responsibility Act of 2012
- H.R. 4017 (112th): Smart Energy Act
- H.R. 3342 (112th): Affordable Medicines Utilization Act of 2011
- H.R. 3293 (112th): To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of …
- H.R. 3211 (112th): Humanitarian Device Reform Act of 2011
- H.R. 2253 (112th): To establish within the Department of Education the Innovation Inspiration school grant …
- H.Res. 307 (112th): Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a Committee …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1995 to Jan 2013, Bass missed 131 of 8,778 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. This is better than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. 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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
