Pryce was the representative for Ohio’s 15th congressional district and was a Republican. She served from 1993 to 2008.
![Photo of Rep. Deborah Pryce [R-OH15, 1993-2008]](/static/legislator-photos/400327-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Pryce is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2008 positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Pryce sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 7, 2003 to Dec 10, 2008. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Pryce was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1553 (110th): Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2008
- H.R. 5117 (109th): To exempt persons with disabilities from the prohibition against providing section 8 rental assistance to college students.
- H.R. 764 (106th): Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act
- H.J.Res. 197 (104th): Waiving certain enrollment requirements with respect to any bill or joint resolution of the One Hundred Fourth Congress making general or continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1997.
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
Pryce sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Economics and Public Finance (17%) Health (16%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Social Welfare (12%) Education (11%) Finance and Financial Sector (11%) Science, Technology, Communications (11%) Families (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Pryce’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5192 (110th): Children’s Compassionate Care Act of 2007
- H.R. 4915 (110th): VALOR Act
- H.R. 4518 (110th): To suspend temporarily the duty on 4-Vinylbenzenesulfonic acid, lithium salt.
- H.R. 4517 (110th): To suspend temporarily the duty on 4-Vinylbenzenesulfonic acid, sodium salt hydrate.
- H.R. 2676 (110th): Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2007
- H.Res. 470 (110th): Supporting efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness, treatment, and research.
- H.R. 1966 (110th): Fairness for Disabled Students Act of 2007
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1993 to Dec 2008, Pryce missed 961 of 10,170 roll call votes, which is 9.4%. This is much worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2008. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
