![Photo of Rep. John Spratt [D-SC5, 1983-2010]](/data/photos/400386-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Spratt 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 2010. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Spratt is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Enacted Legislation
Spratt was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 4872 (111th): Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
- H.R. 6083 (110th): To authorize funding to conduct a national training program for State and local prosecutors.
- H.R. 5566 (102nd): To provide additional time to negotiate settlement of a land dispute in South Carolina.
- H.R. 3338 (101st): To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey all interest of the United States in a fish hatchery to the State of South Carolina.
- H.J.Res. 644 (100th): A joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the compact entered into between the State of North Carolina and the State of South Carolina establishing the ...
- H.R. 3148 (98th): A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States a reversionary interest in certain land conveyed to the South Carolina ...
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
Spratt sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Foreign Trade and International Finance (36%) Economics and Public Finance (17%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Education (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (7%) Taxation (7%) Labor and Employment (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Spratt’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6445 (111th): Carolinas Revolutionary Road National Heritage Area Act
- H.Res. 1493 (111th): Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011.
- H.Res. 1492 (111th): Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011.
- H.R. 5454 (111th): Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010
- H.R. 5448 (111th): To amend section 466(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ...
- H.R. 5252 (111th): Renewable Energy Tax Incentives Extension Act
- H.R. 4872 (111th): Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
Voting Record
Key Votes
| Spratt’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| Yea |
S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010
Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.
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| Aye |
H.Res. 801 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3688) to implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.
Nov 7, 2007. Passed 349/55.
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| Nay |
H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008.
Jun 27, 2007. Passed 365/59.
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Missed Votes
From Jan 1983 to Dec 2010, Spratt missed 455 of 16,396 roll call votes, which is 2.8%. This is on par with the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. 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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills