Rep. Chris Bell

Former Representative from Texas’s 25^th District, Democrat

Bell, a Democrat, was the representative for Texas's 25^th congressional district from 2003 to 2004.

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Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Bell 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). Bell is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Bell sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (22%) Crime and Law Enforcement (17%) Law (13%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (13%) Commerce (9%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%) Education (9%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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From Jan 2003 to Dec 2004, Bell missed 92 of 1,221 roll call votes, which is 7.5%. 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2003 Jan-Mar	94	1	1.1%	34^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	5	2.1%	49^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	13	8.6%	82^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	31	29.8%	98^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	11	5.0%	66^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	29	18.0%	92^nd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	2	3.4%	53^rd

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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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