Rep. Claude Harris
Former Representative for Alabama’s 7th District
Harris was the representative for Alabama’s 7th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1987 to 1992.
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Harris is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1992 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 Harris sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 1987 to Oct 9, 1992. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Harris was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:
- H.J.Res. 425 (102nd): Designating May 10, 1992, as “Infant Mortality Awareness Day”.
- H.J.Res. 194 (102nd): Designating May 12, 1991, as “Infant Mortality Awareness Day”.
- H.J.Res. 546 (101st): Designating May 13, 1990, as Infant Mortality Awareness Day.
- H.R. 5059 (100th): A bill to quiet title and possession with respect to a certain private land claim in Sumter County, Alabama.
Does 4 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
Harris sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (100%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Harris recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 4368 (102nd): To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for burial …
- H.J.Res. 425 (102nd): Designating May 10, 1992, as “Infant Mortality Awareness Day”.
- H.R. 4196 (102nd): To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from carrying out the Rural …
- H.J.Res. 194 (102nd): Designating May 12, 1991, as “Infant Mortality Awareness Day”.
- H.R. 4657 (101st): To provide that members of the Reserve and National Guard who participated …
- H.J.Res. 546 (101st): Designating May 13, 1990, as Infant Mortality Awareness Day.
- H.R. 3955 (101st): National Fire Forces Mobilization Act of 1990
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1987 to Oct 1992, Harris missed 42 of 2,775 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. This is better than the median of 4.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1992. 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
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
