Rep. Richard Ray
Former Representative from Georgia’s 3rd District
Democrat
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | State / District |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | Georgia's 3rd District |
See Also: Bioguide
Sponsorship Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Ray sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Ray is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Bills Sponsored
Some of Ray’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4025 (102nd): To indemnify States, political subdivisions of States, and certain other entities from ...
- H.R. 4024 (102nd): To amend provisions of the comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ...
- H.R. 2179 (102nd): To amend provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ...
- H.R. 2112 (102nd): Subcontractor Payment Protection Act
- H.R. 1823 (101st): To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that burials be ...
- H.R. 4361 (100th): Civil Service Annuity Prompt Payment Act
- H.R. 4090 (100th): A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to modify the ...
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Voting Record
From Jan 1983 to Oct 1992, Ray missed 474 of 4,565 roll call votes, which is 10.4%. This is worse than the median of 4.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1992. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- 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
- THOMAS, for sponsored bills