Ose was the representative for California’s 3rd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1999 to 2004.
![Photo of Rep. Doug Ose [R-CA3, 1999-2004]](/static/legislator-photos/400304-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Ose is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2004 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 Ose sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 1999 to Dec 7, 2004. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Ose was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3242 (108th): Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004
- H.R. 4807 (108th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Sacramento Street in Rio Vista, California, as the “Adam G. Kinser Post Office Building”.
Does 2 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
Ose sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (22%) Law (16%) Economics and Public Finance (12%) Commerce (11%) Science, Technology, Communications (11%) Health (10%) Education (8%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Ose’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4980 (108th): To direct the Secretary of the Interior to arrange for the carving …
- H.R. 4807 (108th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at …
- H.R. 4704 (108th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish tax credits …
- H.R. 3687 (108th): To amend section 1464 of title 18, United States Code, to provide …
- H.R. 3242 (108th): Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004
- H.R. 2432 (108th): Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2004
- H.R. 2193 (108th): Port Security Improvements Act of 2003
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1999 to Dec 2004, Ose missed 75 of 3,431 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is better than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2004. 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
