Jones was the representative for Tennessee’s 8th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1983 to 1988.
He was previously the representative for Tennessee’s 7th congressional district as a Democrat from 1973 to 1982; and the representative for Tennessee’s 8th congressional district as a Democrat from 1969 to 1972.
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Jones is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1988 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 Jones sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1983 to Oct 22, 1988. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Jones was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 5325 (100th): Federal Crop Insurance Commission Act of 1988
- H.R. 5447 (97th): Futures Trading Act of 1982
- H.R. 11504 (95th): Agricultural Credit Act
- H.R. 11505 (95th): Agricultural Credit Act
- H.R. 9704 (95th): An Act to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4194 (95th): A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act.
- H.R. 12000 (93rd): Egg Research and Consumer Information Act
Does 8 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
Jones sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Agriculture and Food (48%) Economics and Public Finance (17%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Environmental Protection (13%) Finance and Financial Sector (9%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Jones recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5325 (100th): Federal Crop Insurance Commission Act of 1988
- H.Con.Res. 296 (100th): A concurrent resolution authorizing printing of the House of Representatives Election Law …
- H.R. 3594 (100th): A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to authorize a joint …
- H.R. 3371 (100th): Rural Economy Act of 1987
- H.R. 1800 (100th): Rural Area Revitalization Act of 1987
- H.R. 1298 (100th): Agricultural Trade Financing Act of 1987
- H.R. 929 (100th): A bill disapproving the proposed deferral of budget authority for the temporary …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Apr 1969 to Oct 1988, Jones missed 1,580 of 9,790 roll call votes, which is 16.1%. This is much worse than the median of 5.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1988. 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
- 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
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
