Morella was the representative for Maryland’s 8th congressional district and was a Republican. She served from 1987 to 2002.
![Photo of Rep. Constance Morella [R-MD8, 1987-2002]](/static/legislator-photos/400524-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Morella is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2002 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 Morella sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 7, 1997 to Nov 19, 2002. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Morella was the primary sponsor of 22 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 3340 (107th): To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow certain catch-up contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan to be made by participants age 50 or over.
- H.R. 5205 (107th): To amend the District of Columbia Retirement Protection Act of 1997 to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to use estimated amounts in determining the service longevity …
- H.R. 5515 (107th): Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002
- H.R. 2305 (107th): Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Restructuring Act of 2002
- H.R. 207 (106th): Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Amendments of 2000
- H.R. 209 (106th): Technology Transfer Commercialization Act of 2000
- H.R. 208 (106th): To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow for the contribution of certain rollover distributions to accounts in the Thrift Savings Plan, to eliminate certain waiting-period …
Does 22 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
Morella sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (26%) Health (13%) Economics and Public Finance (12%) Labor and Employment (11%) Science, Technology, Communications (10%) Law (9%) Families (9%) Social Welfare (8%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Morella recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Con.Res. 515 (107th): Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the recent sniper attacks …
- H.R. 5700 (107th): Federal Employees, Uniformed Service and Foreign Service Members Humanitarian Travel Act of …
- H.R. 5594 (107th): To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling …
- H.R. 5515 (107th): Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002
- H.R. 5391 (107th): NIH Security Act
- H.R. 5353 (107th): Military Physician Equity Act of 2002
- H.R. 5337 (107th): Agricultural Extended Retirement Credit Act of 2002
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1987 to Nov 2002, Morella missed 269 of 8,634 roll call votes, which is 3.1%. This is on par with the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 2002. 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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
