Ribble was the representative for Wisconsin’s 8th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2011 to 2016.
![Photo of Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI8, 2011-2016]](/static/legislator-photos/412489-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2016 Report Card for Ribble.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Ribble is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2016 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 Ribble sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 30, 2016. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Ribble was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Ribble sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Economics and Public Finance (31%) Agriculture and Food (15%) Taxation (15%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Transportation and Public Works (8%) Animals (8%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Ribble recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5806 (114th): Do Your Job Act
- H.Res. 831 (114th): Promoting awareness of motorcycle profiling and encourage collaboration and communication with the …
- H.R. 5747 (114th): S.O.S. Act of 2016
- H.R. 5627 (114th): To adopt the monarch butterfly as the national butterfly of the United …
- H.R. 4732 (114th): Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2016
- H.R. 3488 (114th): Safe, Flexible, and Efficient Trucking Act of 2015
- H.R. 2884 (114th): To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Dec 2016, Ribble missed 81 of 4,135 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2016. 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
