Rep. Renee Ellmers
Former Representative for North Carolina’s 2nd District
Ellmers was the representative for North Carolina’s 2nd congressional district and was a Republican. She served from 2011 to 2016.
![Photo of Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC2, 2011-2016]](/static/legislator-photos/412457-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2016 Report Card for Ellmers.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Ellmers 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 Ellmers sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 30, 2016. See full analysis methodology.
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Ellmers sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (58%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (16%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Ellmers recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5960 (114th): Consumer Healthcare Insurance Transparency Act of 2016
- H.R. 5913 (114th): Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2016
- H.R. 5336 (114th): Taxpayer-Funded Travel Transparency Act of 2016
- H.R. 5074 (114th): To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to any State or local …
- H.R. 5045 (114th): Preserving Access to Modern Prosthetic Limbs Act of 2016
- H.R. 5001 (114th): Flexibility in Electronic Health Record Reporting Act
- H.R. 4778 (114th): Title X Transparency Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Dec 2016, Ellmers missed 182 of 4,135 roll call votes, which is 4.4%. This is worse than 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
