Rep. Gregory Laughlin

Former Representative for Texas’s 14^th District

Laughlin was the representative for Texas’s 14^th congressional district and was most recently a Republican (1995-1996) and previously a Democrat (1989-1995). He served from 1989 to 1996.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Gregory Laughlin [R-TX14, 1989-1996]

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Laughlin 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 Laughlin sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1991 to Oct 3, 1996. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Laughlin was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

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Does 5 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Laughlin sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (25%) Armed Forces and National Security (19%) Environmental Protection (19%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (12%) Commerce (12%) Taxation (12%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Laughlin recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1989 to Sep 1996, Laughlin missed 318 of 4,298 roll call votes, which is 7.4%. This is much worse 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1989 Jan-Mar	14	2	14.3%	84^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	11	10.5%	88^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	5	3.9%	64^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	3	2.5%	33^rd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	11	18.3%	95^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	5	3.3%	58^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	13	7.1%	83^rd
1990 Oct-Oct	143	10	7.0%	74^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	4	6.5%	78^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	7	8.6%	80^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	7	4.3%	71^st
1992 Jan-Mar	66	12	18.2%	95^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	28	15.1%	93^rd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	14	7.1%	81^st
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	10	7.9%	88^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	8	4.2%	65^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	4	2.4%	58^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	5	3.7%	73^rd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	19	20.0%	97^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	15	6.8%	82^nd
1994 Jul-Sep	142	40	28.2%	99^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	8	15.7%	94^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	3	1.1%	44^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	27	14.3%	96^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	30^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	10	5.4%	78^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	8	7.3%	83^rd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	18	9.9%	89^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	9	5.5%	79^th

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
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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills