Deborah Pryce, former Representative for Ohio's 15th Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Pryce sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 2008. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Pryce is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

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%) Science, Technology, Communications (11%) Education (11%) Finance and Financial Sector (11%) Labor and Employment (9%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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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. ProPublica has tracked 23 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
1993 Jan-Mar	127	1	0.8%	29^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	6	3.2%	57^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	1	0.6%	29^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	25^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	41^st
1994 Apr-Jun	219	24	11.0%	96^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	2	1.4%	34^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	51^st
1995 Jan-Mar	279	1	0.4%	20^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	6	3.2%	67^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	23	9.9%	95^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	13	7.0%	87^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	7	6.4%	82^nd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	8	4.4%	73^rd
1996 Jul-Sep	163	7	4.3%	72^nd
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	57^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	2	1.1%	35^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	15	6.5%	87^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	13	8.0%	88^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	34^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	58	29.1%	99^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	67	90.5%	100^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	3	3.9%	69^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	10	5.4%	82^nd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	62	30.4%	99^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	12	8.2%	86^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	3	3.2%	44^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	13	4.7%	73^rd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	12	9.2%	90^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	6	5.9%	43^rd
2001 Jan-Mar	75	3	4.0%	65^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	4	3.0%	58^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	2	1.3%	38^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	5	3.3%	62^nd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	3	3.8%	63^rd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	47	23.2%	98^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	11	7.8%	82^nd
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	40^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	14	5.9%	83^rd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	3	1.6%	42^nd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	14	9.3%	85^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	1	1.0%	19^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	14	6.3%	79^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	5	3.1%	50^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	3	5.2%	62^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	51^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	10	3.7%	65^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	8	5.5%	77^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	47^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	9	3.3%	66^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	7	4.4%	76^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	5	18.5%	87^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	33	15.5%	98^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	22	5.6%	81^st
2007 Jul-Sep	317	29	9.1%	92^nd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	74	28.1%	96^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	59	39.6%	98^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	112	34.9%	99^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	63	30.7%	98^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	10	66.7%	99^th

Primary Sources

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

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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