Mark Souder, former Representative for Indiana's 3rd Congressional District

Souder was the representative for Indiana’s 3^rd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2003 to 2010.

He was previously the representative for Indiana’s 4^th congressional district as a Republican from 1995 to 2002.

Photo of Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN3, 2003-2010]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Souder is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2010 positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Souder sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Souder was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:

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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 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Souder sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (25%) Crime and Law Enforcement (16%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Law (11%) Families (11%) Health (9%) International Affairs (8%) Labor and Employment (8%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Souder’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 31 (111th): Lumbee Recognition Act Jun 3, 2009. Passed 240/179.
Aye	H.R. 7321 (110th): Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act Dec 10, 2008. Passed 237/170.
Yea	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.
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.
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 1995 to May 2010, Souder missed 533 of 10,329 roll call votes, which is 5.2%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in May 2010. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1995 Jan-Mar	279	6	2.2%	64^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	2	1.1%	31^st
1995 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	29^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	4	3.6%	66^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	9	4.9%	78^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	2	1.2%	34^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	54^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	7	4.0%	71^st
1997 Jul-Sep	232	8	3.4%	71^st
1997 Oct-Nov	163	14	8.6%	91^st
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	46^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	7	3.8%	68^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	16^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	8	10.8%	91^st
1999 Jan-Mar	77	1	1.3%	35^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	2	1.1%	31^st
1999 Jul-Sep	204	2	1.0%	36^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	1	0.7%	20^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	5	5.3%	59^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	20	7.2%	86^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	11	8.5%	90^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	5	5.0%	38^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	3	4.0%	67^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	7	5.2%	78^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	5	3.4%	70^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	9	5.9%	82^nd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	3	3.8%	63^rd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	15	7.4%	84^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	14	9.9%	89^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	2	3.3%	56^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	3	3.2%	63^rd
2003 Apr-Jun	239	15	6.3%	85^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	6	3.1%	66^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	23	15.2%	94^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	11	10.6%	82^nd
2004 Apr-Jun	221	13	5.9%	77^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	2	1.2%	28^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	2	3.4%	57^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	19^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	18	6.6%	82^nd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	3	2.1%	52^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	6	3.7%	60^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	12	4.3%	75^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	4	14.8%	87^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	7	3.3%	70^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	46	11.7%	94^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	21	6.6%	87^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	14	5.3%	71^st
2008 Jan-Mar	149	10	6.7%	71^st
2008 Apr-Jun	321	17	5.3%	69^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	9	4.4%	67^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	28	16.1%	97^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	5	1.7%	37^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	4	1.5%	40^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	15	6.1%	77^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	19	9.7%	88^th
2010 Apr-Jun	95	40	42.1%	99^th

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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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