Smith was the representative for Vermont’s at-large district and was a Republican. He served from 1989 to 1990.
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Smith is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1990 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 Smith sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1985 to Oct 27, 1990. See full analysis methodology.
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Smith sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (57%) Environmental Protection (43%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Smith recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5218 (101st): To establish a National Demonstration Program for Educational Performance Agreements for School …
- H.Res. 407 (101st): That the House of Representatives urges the President to instruct the Attorney …
- H.R. 4063 (101st): Lake Champlain Special Designation Act of 1990
- H.R. 4004 (101st): Bovine Growth Hormone Moratorium Act of 1990
- H.R. 3347 (101st): To establish a National Demonstration Program for Educational Performance Agreements for School …
- H.R. 3258 (101st): Critical Languages and Area Studies Program Assistance Act
- H.R. 3257 (101st): Stratospheric Ozone Layer Protection Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1989 to Oct 1990, Smith missed 67 of 904 roll call votes, which is 7.4%. This is worse than the median of 4.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1990. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
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
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
