Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage

Former Representative for Idaho’s 1^st District

Chenoweth-Hage was the representative for Idaho’s 1^st congressional district and was a Republican. She served from 1995 to 2000.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage [R-ID1, 1995-2000]

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Chenoweth-Hage is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2000 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 Chenoweth-Hage sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 1995 to Dec 15, 2000. See full analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Chenoweth-Hage sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (24%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (21%) Law (16%) Environmental Protection (11%) Agriculture and Food (10%) Animals (8%) Commerce (7%) International Affairs (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Chenoweth-Hage recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1995 to Dec 2000, Chenoweth-Hage missed 303 of 3,741 roll call votes, which is 8.1%. This is much worse than the median of 3.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2000. 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
1995 Jan-Mar	279	12	4.3%	85^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	8	4.2%	76^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	21	9.1%	92^nd
1995 Oct-Dec	185	8	4.3%	76^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	10	9.1%	90^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	5	2.7%	57^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	7	4.3%	76^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	58^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	6	3.4%	69^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	12	5.2%	82^nd
1997 Oct-Nov	163	7	4.3%	69^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	8	9.0%	87^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	35^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	18^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	1	1.4%	41^st
1999 Jan-Mar	77	1	1.3%	36^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	20	10.9%	94^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	43	21.1%	98^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	17	11.6%	93^rd
2000 Jan-Mar	95	12	12.6%	88^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	19	6.9%	81^st
2000 Jul-Sep	130	34	26.2%	97^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	47	46.5%	97^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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills