Biggert was the representative for Illinois’s 13th congressional district and was a Republican. She served from 1999 to 2012.
![Photo of Rep. Judy Biggert [R-IL13, 1999-2012]](/static/legislator-photos/400027-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Biggert is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2013 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 Biggert sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2007 to Jan 1, 2013. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Biggert was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 6229 (112th): United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012
- H.R. 33 (112th): Church Plan Investment Clarification Act
- H.R. 5740 (112th): National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act
- H.R. 3173 (111th): Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act
- H.R. 85 (110th): Energy Technology Transfer Act
- H.R. 4516 (108th): Department of Energy High-End Computing Revitalization Act of 2004
- H.R. 1533 (108th): To amend the securities laws to permit church pension plans to be invested in collective trusts.
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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Biggert sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Foreign Trade and International Finance (26%) Housing and Community Development (14%) Health (14%) Education (14%) Taxation (9%) Families (8%) Science, Technology, Communications (7%) Crime and Law Enforcement (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Biggert’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6597 (112th): EACH Act
- H.Res. 811 (112th): Supporting the goals and ideals of American Education Week.
- H.R. 6454 (112th): Department of Energy High-End Computing Act of 2012
- H.R. 6229 (112th): United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012
- H.R. 5740 (112th): National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act
- H.R. 4982 (112th): Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012
- H.R. 4628 (112th): Interest Rate Reduction Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1999 to Jan 2013, Biggert missed 68 of 9,782 roll call votes, which is 0.7%. This is better than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
