Curtis “Curt” Weldon, former Representative for Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Weldon 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). Weldon is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Enacted Legislation

Weldon was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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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

Weldon sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (21%) International Affairs (14%) Crime and Law Enforcement (13%) Emergency Management (13%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Science, Technology, Communications (10%) Environmental Protection (8%) Commerce (7%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1987 to Dec 2006, Weldon missed 700 of 11,069 roll call votes, which is 6.3%. This is much worse 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
1987 Jan-Mar	39	1	2.6%	40^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	10	5.3%	63^rd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	3	3.2%	55^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	9	5.4%	41^st
1988 Feb-Mar	49	1	2.0%	32^nd
1988 Apr-Jun	161	6	3.7%	52^nd
1988 Jul-Sep	152	21	13.8%	88^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	8	9.0%	75^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	52^nd
1989 Apr-Jun	105	6	5.7%	75^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	4	3.1%	58^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	4	3.3%	47^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	2	3.3%	57^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	5	3.3%	60^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	7	3.8%	65^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	6	4.2%	65^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	3	4.8%	66^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	10	7.2%	85^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	3	3.7%	51^st
1991 Oct-Nov	162	8	4.9%	76^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	6	3.2%	55^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	4	2.0%	52^nd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	3	7.3%	69^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	5	2.6%	51^st
1993 Jul-Sep	164	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	4	3.0%	67^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	7	7.4%	83^rd
1994 Apr-Jun	219	9	4.1%	74^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	5	3.5%	61^st
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	16	5.7%	88^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	3	1.6%	43^rd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	9	3.9%	78^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	63	34.1%	100^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	21	19.1%	97^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	23	12.6%	97^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	9	5.5%	82^nd
1997 Jan-Mar	71	1	1.4%	38^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	4	2.3%	55^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	19	8.2%	92^nd
1997 Oct-Nov	163	31	19.0%	98^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	4	4.5%	72^nd
1998 Apr-Jun	185	6	3.2%	65^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	7	3.5%	69^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	5	6.8%	80^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	9	11.7%	94^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	10	5.4%	83^rd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	12	5.9%	84^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	19	13.0%	94^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	38^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	20	7.2%	86^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	6	4.6%	73^rd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	9	8.9%	62^nd
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	14	10.4%	95^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	10	6.7%	87^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	15	9.8%	91^st
2002 Jan-Mar	79	15	19.0%	97^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	11	5.4%	75^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	4	2.8%	51^st
2002 Oct-Nov	61	8	13.1%	88^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	16	17.0%	96^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	19	7.9%	89^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	11	5.7%	78^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	1	0.7%	19^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	24	23.1%	97^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	12	5.4%	74^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	5	3.1%	50^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	9	15.5%	89^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	9	10.0%	89^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	13	4.8%	74^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	5	3.4%	65^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	46^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	3	3.7%	69^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	7	2.5%	55^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	12	7.5%	85^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	4	14.8%	82^nd

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

Missed Votes

Primary Sources

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Rep. Curtis “Curt” Weldon

Analysis

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Missed Votes

Primary Sources