Nick Rahall II, former Representative for West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District

Rahall was the representative for West Virginia’s 3^rd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1993 to 2014.

He was previously the representative for West Virginia’s 4^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1977 to 1992.

Photo of Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV3, 1993-2014]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2014 Report Card for Rahall.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Rahall is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2014 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 Rahall sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Rahall was the primary sponsor of 14 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 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

Rahall sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (25%) Transportation and Public Works (22%) Environmental Protection (13%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Labor and Employment (9%) Animals (6%) Emergency Management (6%) Government Operations and Politics (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Rahall’s Vote	Vote Description
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Yea	H.R. 3393 (113th): Student and Family Tax Simplification Act Jul 24, 2014. Passed 227/187.
Aye	H.R. 1947 (113th): Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 Jun 20, 2013. Failed 195/234.
Aye	H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
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. 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.
Yea	H.R. 31 (111th): Lumbee Recognition Act Jun 3, 2009. Passed 240/179.
No	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.
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.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1977 to Dec 2014, Rahall missed 844 of 22,834 roll call votes, which is 3.7%. This is 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
1977 Jan-Mar	100	7	7.0%	33^rd
1977 Apr-Jun	273	15	5.5%	33^rd
1977 Jul-Sep	198	11	5.6%	33^rd
1977 Oct-Dec	135	17	12.6%	67^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	46	30.7%	93^rd
1978 Apr-Jun	300	57	19.0%	60^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	11	3.6%	13^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	10	13.2%	60^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	10	15.9%	71^st
1979 Apr-Jun	221	20	9.0%	53^rd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	6	3.0%	41^st
1979 Oct-Dec	190	20	10.5%	53^rd
1980 Jan-Mar	148	16	10.8%	47^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	24	12.2%	53^rd
1980 Jul-Sep	192	6	3.1%	18^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	2	3.0%	18^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	35^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	9	10.0%	67^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	4	3.8%	38^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	15	10.6%	75^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	3	6.3%	42^nd
1982 Apr-Jun	119	23	19.3%	96^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	39	20.2%	88^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	12	12.1%	71^st
1983 Jan-Mar	43	4	9.3%	63^rd
1983 Apr-Jun	182	15	8.2%	59^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	6	4.6%	53^rd
1983 Oct-Nov	143	19	13.3%	91^st
1984 Jan-Mar	53	2	3.8%	47^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	30	13.5%	78^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	1	1.0%	22^nd
1984 Oct-Oct	36	1	2.8%	34^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	17	11.0%	85^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	4	4.0%	47^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	5	3.4%	56^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	3	4.9%	47^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	8	6.3%	76^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	3	1.5%	38^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	3	5.0%	62^nd
1987 Jan-Mar	39	1	2.6%	44^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	13	7.0%	70^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	5	3.0%	28^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	25	15.5%	98^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	10^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	2	14.3%	83^rd
1989 Apr-Jun	105	1	1.0%	21^st
1989 Jul-Sep	128	4	3.1%	60^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	10	8.3%	81^st
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	24	16.0%	90^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	1	0.5%	25^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	1	0.7%	29^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	3	4.8%	63^rd
1991 Apr-Jun	139	2	1.4%	33^rd
1991 Jul-Sep	81	12	14.8%	95^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	2	3.0%	48^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	10	5.4%	72^nd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	6	3.1%	59^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	2	1.6%	38^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	11	5.8%	67^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	4	3.0%	70^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	18^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	28^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	2	1.4%	32^nd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	2	0.7%	38^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	20^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	3	4.2%	64^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	6	3.4%	68^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	12^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	1	0.6%	16^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	9	4.9%	74^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	36^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	3	4.1%	67^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	8	4.3%	74^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	3	1.5%	48^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	4	2.7%	50^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	5	1.8%	42^nd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	3	2.3%	55^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	5	6.7%	86^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	8	5.9%	82^nd
2001 Jul-Sep	149	2	1.3%	39^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	4	2.0%	42^nd
2002 Jul-Sep	141	5	3.5%	60^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	2	3.3%	60^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	23	22.1%	96^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	3	1.4%	35^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	4	2.5%	43^rd
2004 Oct-Dec	58	3	5.2%	61^st
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	48^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	13	4.8%	74^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	3	2.1%	53^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	1	0.4%	14^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	1	3.7%	55^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	19^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	2	0.6%	16^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	1	0.4%	10^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	6	4.0%	54^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	3	0.9%	18^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	1	0.3%	8^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	1	0.4%	11^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	2	0.8%	18^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	5	2.6%	44^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	5	2.3%	45^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	4	2.6%	54^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	1	1.0%	18^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	25^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	1	0.4%	17^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	1	0.4%	23^rd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	14	6.7%	86^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	2	1.3%	43^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	5	2.5%	66^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	4	1.8%	51^st
2014 Jul-Sep	147	3	2.0%	58^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^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
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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