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Rep. Chris Chocola

Former Representative from Indiana’s 2^nd District, Republican

Chocola, a Republican, was the representative for Indiana's 2^nd congressional district from 2003 to 2006.

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Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Chocola 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 2006. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Chocola is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Chocola sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (21%) Labor and Employment (18%) Government Operations and Politics (15%) Commerce (9%) Finance and Financial Sector (9%) Health (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Law (9%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	2	0.8%	26^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	7	6.7%	69^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	3	1.9%	37^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	3	1.1%	32^nd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	46^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	2	0.7%	21^st
2006 Jul-Sep	159	1	0.6%	25^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th

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

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