Clifford “Cliff” Stearns, former Representative for Florida's 6th Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Stearns 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 2013. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Stearns is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Enacted Legislation

Stearns was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

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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 about one third or more of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Stearns sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (26%) Armed Forces and National Security (17%) Taxation (14%) International Affairs (12%) Science, Technology, Communications (12%) Arts, Culture, Religion (10%) Crime and Law Enforcement (5%) Commerce (5%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Stearns’s Vote	Vote Description
No	H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
Nay	H.R. 5972 (112th): Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Jun 29, 2012. Passed 261/163.
No	S. 365 (112th): Budget Control Act of 2011 Aug 1, 2011. Passed 269/161. The Budget Control Act of 2011 (Pub.L. 112–25, S. 365, 125 Stat. 240, enacted August 2, 2011) is a federal statute in the United States that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on August 2, 2011. The Act brought conclusion to the United ...
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Yea	S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.
Nay	H.R. 2638 (110th): Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 Sep 24, 2008. Passed 370/58.
No	H.R. 5819 (110th): SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act Apr 23, 2008. Passed 368/43.
Nay	H.Res. 1031 (110th): Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 895) establishing within the House of Representatives an ... Mar 11, 2008. Passed 229/182.
Not Voting	H.Res. 801 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3688) to implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. Nov 7, 2007. Passed 349/55.
Nay	H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008. Jun 27, 2007. Passed 365/59.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1989 to Jan 2013, Stearns missed 213 of 15,267 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is better than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. ProPublica has tracked 15 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1989 Jan-Mar	14	2	14.3%	81^st
1989 Apr-Jun	105	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	2	1.3%	30^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	2	1.1%	31^st
1990 Oct-Oct	143	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	3	2.2%	40^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	2	2.5%	37^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	1	0.5%	13^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	19	46.3%	97^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	6	3.2%	52^nd
1993 Jul-Sep	164	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	6	4.5%	78^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	19^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	17^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	2	1.4%	32^nd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	50^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	1	0.6%	23^rd
1997 Jan-Mar	71	1	1.4%	39^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	15^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	6	3.7%	66^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	27^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	1	0.5%	20^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	4	2.0%	47^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	2	2.7%	58^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	2	1.1%	31^st
1999 Jul-Sep	204	2	1.0%	37^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	1	0.7%	23^rd
2000 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	8	2.9%	54^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	1	0.8%	29^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	8	7.9%	56^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	4	5.3%	81^st
2001 Apr-Jun	135	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	3	2.0%	53^rd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	7	4.6%	73^rd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	2	1.0%	27^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	26	18.4%	96^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	3	4.9%	68^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	3	1.3%	37^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	4	2.1%	53^rd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	1	0.7%	22^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	3	2.9%	41^st
2004 Apr-Jun	221	1	0.5%	16^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	1	1.7%	43^rd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	51^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	1	0.4%	15^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	2	1.4%	42^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	1	0.6%	18^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	3	1.1%	27^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	3	11.1%	80^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	4	1.3%	31^st
2007 Oct-Dec	263	2	0.8%	15^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	1	0.7%	8^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	4	1.2%	22^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	5	2.4%	49^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	12	4.0%	71^st
2009 Jul-Sep	268	4	1.5%	41^st
2009 Oct-Dec	246	1	0.4%	10^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	12^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	4	4.0%	55^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	26^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	1	0.4%	16^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	3	1.2%	43^rd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	4	1.9%	47^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	23^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	2	0.7%	31^st
2012 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	31^st
2012 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	33^rd
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election 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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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Analysis

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

Primary Sources

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Rep. Clifford “Cliff” Stearns

Analysis

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

Primary Sources

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