Taylor was the representative for North Carolina’s 11th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1991 to 2006.
![Photo of Rep. Charles Taylor [R-NC11, 1991-2006]](/static/legislator-photos/400398-200px.jpeg)
Enacted Legislation
Taylor was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 2361 (109th): Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
- H.R. 2691 (108th): Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004
- H.R. 3072 (107th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 125 Main Street in Forest City, North Carolina, as the “Vernon Tarlton Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 2647 (107th): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002
- H.R. 1905 (106th): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000
- H.R. 2607 (105th): District of Columbia Appropriations, Medical Liability Reform, and Education Reform Act of 1998
- H.R. 2504 (104th): To designate the Federal Building located at the corner of Patton Avenue and Otis Street, and the United States Courthouse located on Otis Street, in Asheville, North …
Does 8 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
Taylor sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (18%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) Law (12%) Environmental Protection (12%) Sports and Recreation (12%) Arts, Culture, Religion (11%) Crime and Law Enforcement (10%) Economics and Public Finance (10%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Taylor recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5386 (109th): Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007
- H.R. 4171 (109th): To provide for the consideration of a petition for Federal Recognition of …
- H.R. 2361 (109th): Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006
- H.R. 4568 (108th): Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005
- H.R. 2710 (108th): Public Safety Officers Flag Act
- H.R. 2691 (108th): Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004
- H.R. 1759 (108th): Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Act of 2003
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1991 to Dec 2006, Taylor missed 570 of 9,226 roll call votes, which is 6.2%. This is much worse than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2006. 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
