Martin Russo, former Representative for Illinois's 3rd Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Russo 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 1992. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Russo is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Russo sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (36%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (21%) Crime and Law Enforcement (15%) Labor and Employment (8%) International Affairs (5%) Health (5%) Economics and Public Finance (5%) Transportation and Public Works (5%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1975 to Oct 1992, Russo missed 817 of 9,472 roll call votes, which is 8.6%. This is worse than the median of 4.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1992. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1975 Jan-Mar	68	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	11	5.5%	50^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	1	0.6%	8^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	12	6.3%	59^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	4	3.8%	38^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	11	4.1%	25^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	47	16.7%	87^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	1	14.3%	71^st
1977 Jan-Mar	100	9	9.0%	70^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	46	16.8%	88^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	11	5.6%	52^nd
1977 Oct-Dec	135	19	14.1%	85^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	14	9.3%	63^rd
1978 Apr-Jun	300	40	13.3%	73^rd
1978 Jul-Sep	308	26	8.4%	58^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	5	6.6%	57^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	21	9.5%	70^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	18	9.1%	68^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	43	22.6%	90^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	15	10.1%	61^st
1980 Apr-Jun	197	26	13.2%	76^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	33	17.2%	86^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	5	7.5%	47^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	46^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	2	2.2%	19^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	6	5.7%	58^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	21	14.8%	82^nd
1982 Feb-Mar	48	15	31.3%	93^rd
1982 Apr-Jun	119	2	1.7%	23^rd
1982 Jul-Sep	193	5	2.6%	25^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	11	11.1%	62^nd
1983 Jan-Mar	43	8	18.6%	86^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	21	11.5%	75^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	1	0.8%	12^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	14	9.8%	75^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	1	1.9%	23^rd
1984 Apr-Jun	223	34	15.2%	87^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	1	1.0%	18^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	3	8.3%	52^nd
1985 Apr-Jun	154	12	7.8%	74^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	4	4.0%	50^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	9	6.1%	67^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	6	9.8%	62^nd
1986 Apr-Jun	128	0	0.0%	0^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	9	4.5%	57^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	16	26.7%	95^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	15	8.0%	73^rd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	6	6.3%	69^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	13	7.8%	60^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	2	4.1%	42^nd
1988 Apr-Jun	161	13	8.1%	73^rd
1988 Jul-Sep	152	13	8.6%	75^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	2	2.2%	49^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	55^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	3	2.9%	41^st
1989 Jul-Sep	128	1	0.8%	18^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	16	13.2%	91^st
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	5	3.3%	56^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	2	1.1%	26^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	10	7.0%	73^rd
1991 Jan-Mar	62	2	3.2%	50^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	1	0.7%	14^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	9	5.6%	75^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	24	36.4%	98^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	25	13.5%	87^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	27	13.8%	85^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	7	17.1%	88^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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