John Dingell, former Representative for Michigan's 12th Congressional District

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2014 Report Card for Dingell.

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Dingell 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 2014. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Dingell is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Enacted Legislation

Dingell was the primary sponsor of 45 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Dingell sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (41%) Government Operations and Politics (24%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (24%) Finance and Financial Sector (12%)

Recent Bills

Some of Dingell’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Dingell’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay	H.R. 1765 (113th): Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 Apr 26, 2013. Passed 361/41.
Yea	H.R. 6190 (112th): Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012 Dec 12, 2012. Failed 229/182.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Yea	S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.
Nay	H.Res. 915 (111th): Encouraging the Republic of Hungary to respect the rule of law, treat foreign investors fairly, and promote ... Dec 8, 2009. Passed 333/74.
Nay	H.Res. 317 (111th): Recognizing the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, and ... Sep 15, 2009. Passed 312/108.
Nay	H.Res. 1031 (110th): Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 895) establishing within the House of Representatives an ... Mar 11, 2008. Passed 229/182.
Yea	H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008. Jun 27, 2007. Passed 365/59.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1956 to Dec 2014, Dingell missed 2,265 of 28,066 roll call votes, which is 8.1%. 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	54	1	1.9%	0^th
1959 Sep-Sep	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Feb-Apr	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 May-Aug	70	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	1	1.5%	0^th
1961 Sep-Sep	29	1	3.4%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	21	2	9.5%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jul-Sep	49	3	6.1%	0^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	2	9.1%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	3	6.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	1	2.9%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	7	14.3%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	1	3.6%	0^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	5	9.4%	0^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	8	8.2%	0^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	7	31.8%	50^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	1	3.3%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	7	13.7%	0^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	3	4.2%	0^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	7	17.5%	50^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	4	7.0%	50^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	2	2.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	3	3.8%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	8	8.8%	0^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.3%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	3	10.7%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	7	15.6%	50^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	20	22.7%	0^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	10	28.6%	50^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	20	27.0%	0^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	10	13.2%	0^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	26	32.1%	50^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	6	6.7%	0^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	3	4.1%	50^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	20	14.9%	50^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	4	6.3%	0^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	18	15.8%	25^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	33	32.7%	75^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	15	30.0%	75^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	50^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	48	25.1%	83^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	131	12	9.2%	67^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	25	13.7%	67^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	14	17.7%	67^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	21	12.4%	50^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	24	16.2%	50^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	12	8.5%	33^rd
1975 Jan-Mar	68	2	2.9%	33^rd
1975 Apr-Jun	199	13	6.5%	50^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	11	7.1%	50^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	28	14.7%	75^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	9	8.5%	50^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	40	15.0%	67^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	9	3.2%	25^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	3	42.9%	83^rd
1977 Jan-Mar	100	15	15.0%	80^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	34	12.5%	53^rd
1977 Jul-Sep	198	19	9.6%	60^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	14	10.4%	47^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	15	10.0%	53^rd
1978 Apr-Jun	300	44	14.7%	40^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	38	12.3%	40^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	24	31.6%	73^rd
1979 Jan-Mar	63	18	28.6%	82^nd
1979 Apr-Jun	221	48	21.7%	76^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	22	11.1%	65^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	33	17.4%	71^st
1980 Jan-Mar	148	18	12.2%	53^rd
1980 Apr-Jun	197	43	21.8%	76^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	30	15.6%	65^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	15	22.4%	71^st
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	35^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	16	17.8%	88^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	10	9.4%	63^rd
1981 Oct-Dec	142	44	31.0%	96^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	2	4.2%	25^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	6	5.0%	58^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	10	5.2%	42^nd
1982 Oct-Dec	99	7	7.1%	54^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	6	14.0%	72^nd
1983 Apr-Jun	182	24	13.2%	81^st
1983 Jul-Sep	130	22	16.9%	91^st
1983 Oct-Nov	143	20	14.0%	94^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	5	9.4%	72^nd
1984 Apr-Jun	223	26	11.7%	66^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	3	3.1%	50^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	4	11.1%	66^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	76^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	27	17.5%	94^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	22	21.8%	94^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	11	7.4%	76^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	10	16.4%	91^st
1986 Apr-Jun	128	15	11.7%	88^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	18	8.9%	74^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	11	18.3%	85^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	8	20.5%	92^nd
1987 Apr-Jun	187	27	14.4%	90^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	18	18.9%	98^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	22	13.2%	88^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	2	4.1%	50^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	15	9.3%	85^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	6	3.9%	60^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	7	7.9%	68^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	52^nd
1989 Apr-Jun	105	6	5.7%	74^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	14	10.9%	94^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	14	11.6%	89^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	4	6.7%	79^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	11	7.3%	75^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	5	2.7%	52^nd
1990 Oct-Oct	143	17	11.9%	90^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	8	12.9%	96^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	12	8.6%	89^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	6	7.4%	79^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	5	3.1%	64^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	2	3.0%	48^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	23	12.4%	93^rd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	3	1.5%	43^rd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	8	6.3%	81^st
1993 Apr-Jun	190	16	8.4%	79^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	9	5.5%	83^rd
1993 Oct-Nov	134	9	6.7%	89^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	6	6.3%	78^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	17	7.8%	89^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	10	7.0%	77^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	2	3.9%	70^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	3	1.1%	47^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	5	2.6%	63^rd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	25	10.8%	95^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	12	6.5%	87^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	2	1.8%	46^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	6	3.3%	59^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	7	9.9%	90^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	4	2.3%	54^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	10	4.3%	76^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	9	5.5%	82^nd
1998 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	60^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	17	9.2%	89^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	13	6.5%	85^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	4	5.2%	76^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	7	3.8%	69^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	5	2.5%	70^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	3	2.1%	41^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	6	6.3%	66^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	9	3.2%	59^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	44^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	12	11.9%	74^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	4	5.3%	81^st
2001 Apr-Jun	135	7	5.2%	80^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	14	9.4%	93^rd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	5	3.3%	62^nd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	6	7.6%	84^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	10	4.9%	73^rd
2002 Jul-Sep	141	5	3.5%	60^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	2	3.3%	60^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	7	7.4%	86^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	32	13.4%	96^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	7	3.6%	75^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	4	2.6%	46^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	7	6.7%	68^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	7	3.2%	58^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	2	1.2%	28^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	1	1.7%	44^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	5	5.6%	71^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	8	2.9%	60^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	4	2.7%	63^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	8	4.9%	71^st
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	3	1.1%	26^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	7	4.4%	77^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	65^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	19^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	8	2.0%	60^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	3	0.9%	22^nd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	33	12.5%	94^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	9	6.0%	70^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	17	5.3%	72^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	16	7.8%	85^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	11	6.3%	86^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	8	2.6%	55^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	8	3.0%	70^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	10	4.1%	67^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	16	8.2%	85^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	6	2.7%	51^st
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	20^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	4	4.0%	54^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	2	0.9%	44^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	13	4.6%	84^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	21	8.5%	92^nd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	4	1.9%	50^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	2	1.3%	43^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	7	2.3%	61^st
2012 Jul-Sep	152	5	3.3%	74^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	9	17.6%	94^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	5	5.6%	78^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	8	3.7%	72^nd
2013 Jul-Sep	200	17	8.5%	89^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	3	2.2%	53^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	23	15.5%	94^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	33	15.1%	93^rd
2014 Jul-Sep	147	19	12.9%	94^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	4	8.2%	87^th

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 Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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