Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Whitten sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 1994. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Whitten is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Enacted Legislation
Whitten was the primary sponsor of 107 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.J.Res. 553 (102nd): Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1993, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5620 (102nd): Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, Including Disaster Assistance to Meet the Present Emergencies Arising from the Consequences of Hurricane Andrew, Typhoon Omar, Hurricane Iniki and Other ...
- H.R. 5487 (102nd): Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993
- H.R. 5132 (102nd): Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, for Disaster Assistance To Meet Urgent Needs Because of Calamities Such as Those Which Occurred in Los Angeles and Chicago
- H.R. 4990 (102nd): Recission bill
- H.J.Res. 456 (102nd): Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1992, and for other purposes.
- H.J.Res. 157 (102nd): Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers for Relief from the Effects of Natural Disasters, for Other Urgent Needs, and for Incremental Costs of “Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm” ...
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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Whitten sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Economics and Public Finance (30%) Government Operations and Politics (19%) Environmental Protection (11%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (10%) Health (9%) Housing and Community Development (9%) International Affairs (7%) Native Americans (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Whitten’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 326 (103rd): To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled.
- H.R. 3714 (103rd): Corinth, Mississippi, Battlefield Act of 1993
- H.R. 2907 (103rd): To revive and extend through December 31, 1996, a temporary reduction of ...
- H.Res. 4 (103rd): Authorizing the Clerk of the House to inform the President that the ...
- H.J.Res. 553 (102nd): Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1993, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5911 (102nd): Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, for Disaster Assistance to Meet the ...
- H.R. 5620 (102nd): Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, Including Disaster Assistance to Meet the ...
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Nov 1941 to Nov 1994, Whitten missed 1,509 of 15,863 roll call votes, which is 9.5%. This is much worse than the median of 3.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 1994. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- 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
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills