Ed Pastor, former Representative for Arizona's 7th Congressional District

Analysis

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Enacted Legislation

Pastor was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:

H.R. 725 (111th): Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2010
H.R. 3183 (111th): Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
H.R. 2234 (107th): Tumacacori National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2002
H.R. 2833 (106th): Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 2000
H.R. 841 (106th): Wellton-Mohawk Transfer Act
H.R. 734 (103rd): To amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the extension of certain Federal benefits, services, and assistance to the Pascua Yaqui Indians of Arizona, and ...
H.J.Res. 529 (102nd): Supporting the planting of 500 redwood trees from California in Spain in commemoration of the quincentenary of the voyage of Christopher Columbus and designating the trees as ...

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

Pastor sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Private Legislation (87%) Native Americans (13%)

Recent Bills

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Pastor’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
No	H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
Yea	H.R. 5325 (112th): Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Jun 6, 2012. Passed 255/165.
No	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Yea	S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.
Nay	H.Res. 915 (111th): Encouraging the Republic of Hungary to respect the rule of law, treat foreign investors fairly, and promote ... Dec 8, 2009. Passed 333/74.
Nay	H.Res. 317 (111th): Recognizing the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, and ... Sep 15, 2009. Passed 312/108.
Nay	H.Res. 1031 (110th): Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 895) establishing within the House of Representatives an ... Mar 11, 2008. Passed 229/182.
Yea	H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008. Jun 27, 2007. Passed 365/59.

Missed Votes

From Oct 1991 to Dec 2014, Pastor missed 396 of 15,278 roll call votes, which is 2.6%. This is on par with the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2014. ProPublica has tracked 19 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
1991 Oct-Nov	155	3	1.9%	57^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	2	3.0%	48^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	9	4.9%	67^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	1	0.5%	16^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	1	2.4%	47^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	1	0.8%	25^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	3	1.6%	31^st
1993 Jul-Sep	164	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	22^nd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	17^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	7	13.7%	91^st
1995 Jan-Mar	279	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	9	4.8%	76^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	33^rd
1995 Oct-Dec	185	1	0.5%	24^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	3	2.7%	54^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	2	1.1%	29^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	12	7.4%	90^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	1	0.6%	18^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	50^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	2	1.2%	33^rd
1998 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	2	2.7%	57^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	2	2.6%	56^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	15^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	1	0.7%	21^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	4	1.4%	34^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	3	3.0%	27^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	1	0.7%	20^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	1	0.7%	22^nd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	3	1.5%	34^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	1	0.4%	18^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	38	19.7%	98^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	1	0.6%	19^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	18^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	1	0.4%	14^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	1	0.6%	17^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	4	2.5%	58^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	65^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	46	17.5%	98^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	1	0.5%	14^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	1	0.6%	22^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	1	0.4%	11^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	5	2.0%	41^st
2010 Jan-Mar	195	3	1.5%	30^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	20^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	18	18.2%	92^nd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	25^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	9	3.2%	76^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	5	2.0%	63^rd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	10	4.8%	78^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	1	0.3%	20^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	6	3.9%	79^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	9	17.6%	94^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	57^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	6	2.8%	63^rd
2013 Jul-Sep	200	27	13.5%	95^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	16	11.7%	93^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	63	42.6%	99^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	11	5.0%	74^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	17	11.6%	93^rd
2014 Nov-Dec	49	5	10.2%	90^th

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
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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Analysis

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

Primary Sources