Rep. Christopher “Chris” John
Former Representative for Louisiana’s 7th District
John was the representative for Louisiana’s 7th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1997 to 2004.
![Photo of Rep. Christopher “Chris” John [D-LA7, 1997-2004]](/static/legislator-photos/400203-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
John is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2004 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 John sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 1999 to Dec 7, 2004. See full analysis methodology.
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
John sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (25%) Economics and Public Finance (21%) Law (16%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Agriculture and Food (8%) Health (8%) Science, Technology, Communications (8%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
John recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 4959 (108th): Hunting Heritage and Fishing Preservation Act of 2004
- H.R. 4958 (108th): Energy Independence for a Strong America Act of 2004
- H.R. 4957 (108th): Keeping Our Education Promise to America’s Children Act of 2004
- H.Res. 718 (108th): Providing that the trade authorities procedures under the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority …
- H.R. 4833 (108th): Rural Education Equity Act of 2004
- H.R. 4819 (108th): Essential Waterways Operations and Maintenance Act of 2004
- H.R. 4790 (108th): Drug Importation Promotion and Safety Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1997 to Dec 2004, John missed 342 of 4,618 roll call votes, which is 7.4%. 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.
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
