Campbell was the representative for California’s 45th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2013 to 2014.
He was previously the representative for California’s 48th congressional district as a Republican from 2005 to 2012.
![Photo of Rep. John Bayard Taylor Campbell [R-CA45, 2013-2014]](/static/legislator-photos/412011-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2014 Report Card for Campbell.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Campbell is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2014 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 Campbell sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2009 to Dec 11, 2014. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Campbell was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 4809 (113th): To reauthorize the Defense Production Act, to improve the Defense Production Act Committee, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4360 (111th): To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs blind rehabilitation center in Long Beach, California, as the “Major Charles Robert Soltes, Jr., O.D. Department of Veterans Affairs Blind …
Does 2 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Campbell sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Finance and Financial Sector (25%) Housing and Community Development (20%) Taxation (20%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (15%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) Transportation and Public Works (10%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Campbell recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 4809 (113th): To reauthorize the Defense Production Act, to improve the Defense Production Act …
- H.R. 4013 (113th): To direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to establish a program …
- H.R. 2733 (113th): Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2013
- H.R. 613 (113th): Systemic Risk Mitigation Act
- H.R. 6397 (112th): Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2012
- H.R. 4870 (112th): To suspend temporarily the duty on certain non-toric shaped polarized materials of …
- H.R. 4871 (112th): To suspend temporarily the duty on certain toric shaped polarized materials.
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Dec 2005 to Dec 2014, Campbell missed 986 of 6,937 roll call votes, which is 14.2%. This is much worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2014. 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
