Chocola was the representative for Indiana’s 2nd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2003 to 2006.
![Photo of Rep. Chris Chocola [R-IN2, 2003-2006]](/static/legislator-photos/400072-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Chocola is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2006 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 Chocola sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2001 to Dec 8, 2006. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Chocola was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 6131 (109th): To permit certain expenditures from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.
- H.R. 3770 (109th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 205 West Washington Street in Knox, Indiana, as the “Grant W. Green Post Office Building”.
Does 2 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
Chocola sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (21%) Labor and Employment (18%) Government Operations and Politics (15%) Health (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Law (9%) Economics and Public Finance (9%) Commerce (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Chocola’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6274 (109th): Unemployment Tax Equity Act of 2006
- H.R. 6131 (109th): To permit certain expenditures from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.
- H.R. 5986 (109th): Working American Competitiveness Act
- H.Res. 903 (109th): Repealing rule XXVII of the Rules of the House of Representatives relating ...
- H.R. 5129 (109th): Truth in Accounting Act of 2006
- H.R. 4625 (109th): Health Care Freedom of Choice Act
- H.R. 4236 (109th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain farming ...
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 2003 to Dec 2006, Chocola missed 22 of 2,435 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better 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 and major life events.
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
