![Photo of Rep. Paul Gillmor [R-OH5, 1989-2007]](/data/photos/400150-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Gillmor 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 2008. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Gillmor is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Enacted Legislation
Gillmor was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 4637 (109th): To make certain technical corrections in amendments made by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
- H.R. 985 (108th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 West Washington Street in Bowling Green, Ohio, as the “Delbert L. Latta Post Office ...
- H.R. 2869 (107th): Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act
- H.R. 678 (105th): Thomas Alva Edison Commemorative Coin Act
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
Gillmor sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (23%) Commerce (14%) Law (14%) Economics and Public Finance (13%) Science, Technology, Communications (10%) Finance and Financial Sector (10%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%) Families (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Gillmor’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Res. 440 (110th): Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any comprehensive plan ...
- H.R. 1341 (110th): Honest Income Disclosure Act
- H.R. 1221 (110th): EARN Act
- H.R. 1208 (110th): Corporate Charitable Disclosure Act of 2007
- H.R. 870 (110th): To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide liability protections for ...
- H.R. 738 (110th): For the relief of Manuel Bartsch.
- H.R. 698 (110th): Industrial Bank Holding Company Act of 2007
Voting Record
Key Votes
| Gillmor’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| 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.
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| Yea |
H.R. 2317 (110th): Lobbying Transparency Act of 2007
May 24, 2007. Passed 382/37.
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| Aye |
H.R. 1100 (110th): Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act of 2007
May 23, 2007. Passed 268/150.
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| Yea |
H.R. 835 (110th): Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2007
Mar 28, 2007. Passed 272/150.
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| Yea |
H.R. 835 (110th): Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2007
Mar 21, 2007. Failed 262/162.
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Missed Votes
From Jan 1989 to Sep 2007, Gillmor missed 392 of 10,974 roll call votes, which is 3.6%. This is on par with the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 2007. 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