Franks was the representative for Connecticut’s 5th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1991 to 1996.
![Photo of Rep. Gary Franks [R-CT5, 1991-1996]](/static/legislator-photos/404296-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Franks is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1996 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 Franks sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1991 to Oct 3, 1996. See full analysis methodology.
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Franks sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (19%) Taxation (18%) Crime and Law Enforcement (14%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (11%) Health (11%) Economics and Public Finance (11%) Law (8%) Education (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Franks recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Con.Res. 202 (104th): Expressing the sense of the Congress that United States companies should acquire …
- H.R. 3214 (104th): To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 …
- H.R. 3190 (104th): To prohibit Federal agencies to require or encourage preferences based on race, …
- H.R. 3093 (104th): To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 …
- H.R. 3092 (104th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage State unemployment …
- H.R. 2432 (104th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require State unemployment …
- H.R. 2430 (104th): To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require that …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1991 to Sep 1996, Franks missed 39 of 3,394 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is better than the median of 2.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 1996. 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
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
