James “Jim” McCrery, former Representative for Louisiana's 4th Congressional District

McCrery was the representative for Louisiana’s 4^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1997 to 2008.

He was previously the representative for Louisiana’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1993 to 1996; and the representative for Louisiana’s 4^th congressional district as a Republican from 1987 to 1992.

Photo of Rep. James “Jim” McCrery [R-LA4, 1997-2008]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

McCrery is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2008 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 McCrery sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 7, 2003 to Dec 10, 2008. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

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

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Does 7 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

McCrery sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (18%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (17%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Commerce (11%) Social Welfare (11%) Finance and Financial Sector (11%) Emergency Management (10%) Labor and Employment (10%)

Recently Introduced Bills

McCrery recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

McCrery voted Aye

H.R. 7321 (110th): Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act

Passed 237/170 on Dec 10, 2008.

McCrery voted Yea

H.Res. 1525 (110th): Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 1424) to amend section 712 of …

Passed 223/205 on Oct 3, 2008.

McCrery voted Yea

H.R. 6707 (110th): Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act

Failed 243/175 on Sep 27, 2008.

McCrery voted Yea

H.R. 2638 (110th): Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009

Passed 370/58 on Sep 24, 2008.

McCrery voted Nay

H.Res. 1031 (110th): Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 895) establishing within the House of Representatives an …

Passed 229/182 on Mar 11, 2008.

McCrery voted Aye

H.Res. 801 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3688) to implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.

Passed 349/55 on Nov 7, 2007.

McCrery voted Yea

H.R. 3246 (110th): Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development Act of 2007

Passed 264/154 on Oct 4, 2007.

McCrery voted Yea

H.Res. 704 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3246) to amend title 40, United States Code, to provide …

Passed 227/188 on Oct 4, 2007.

McCrery voted Nay

H.R. 3567 (110th): Small Business Investment Expansion Act of 2007

Passed 325/72 on Sep 27, 2007.

McCrery voted No

H.R. 1852 (110th): Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007

Passed 348/72 on Sep 18, 2007.

McCrery voted Yea

H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008.

Passed 365/59 on Jun 27, 2007.

McCrery voted No

H.R. 1362 (110th): Accountability in Contracting Act

Passed 347/73 on Mar 15, 2007.

Missed Votes

From Apr 1988 to Dec 2008, McCrery missed 744 of 12,393 roll call votes, which is 6.0%. This is much worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2008. 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
1988 Apr-Jun	146	1	0.7%	21^st
1988 Jul-Sep	152	6	3.9%	51^st
1988 Oct-Oct	89	1	1.1%	38^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	2	14.3%	82^nd
1989 Apr-Jun	105	2	1.9%	38^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	9	7.0%	88^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	13	10.7%	87^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	3	5.0%	76^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	7	4.7%	67^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	41	22.4%	97^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	14	9.8%	85^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	2	3.2%	56^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	10	7.2%	85^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	13	16.0%	91^st
1991 Oct-Nov	162	4	2.5%	56^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	4	6.1%	64^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	14	7.6%	83^rd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	55	28.1%	95^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	25	61.0%	98^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	1	0.8%	29^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	3	1.6%	35^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	3	1.8%	59^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	3	2.2%	58^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	6	6.3%	80^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	4	1.8%	48^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	16	11.3%	88^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	2	3.9%	72^nd
1995 Jan-Mar	279	6	2.2%	66^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	4	2.1%	51^st
1995 Jul-Sep	232	8	3.4%	75^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	9	4.9%	77^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	6	5.5%	78^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	6	3.3%	58^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	10	6.1%	84^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	3	4.2%	67^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	11	6.3%	86^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	9	3.9%	75^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	6	3.7%	66^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	26^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	11	5.9%	82^nd
1998 Jul-Sep	199	11	5.5%	82^nd
1998 Oct-Dec	74	18	24.3%	98^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	11	14.3%	95^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	5	2.7%	61^st
1999 Jul-Sep	204	5	2.5%	62^nd
1999 Oct-Nov	146	5	3.4%	60^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	6	6.3%	68^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	3	1.1%	29^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	3	2.3%	53^rd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	10	9.9%	66^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	2	2.7%	51^st
2001 Apr-Jun	135	3	2.2%	45^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	5	3.4%	69^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	10	6.5%	84^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	2	2.5%	52^nd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	7	3.4%	56^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	10	7.1%	80^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	2	3.3%	54^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	11	11.7%	93^rd
2003 Apr-Jun	239	4	1.7%	42^nd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	14	7.3%	85^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	2	1.3%	29^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	8	7.7%	72^nd
2004 Apr-Jun	221	15	6.8%	82^nd
2004 Jul-Sep	161	8	5.0%	67^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	51^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	9	3.3%	62^nd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	10	6.8%	82^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	3	1.8%	38^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	14	5.1%	80^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	1	0.6%	26^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	10	37.0%	96^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	12	5.6%	83^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	15	3.8%	71^st
2007 Jul-Sep	317	15	4.7%	77^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	19	7.2%	77^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	26	17.4%	90^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	43	13.4%	92^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	28	13.7%	93^rd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	2	13.3%	86^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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recently Introduced Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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