Borski was the representative for Pennsylvania’s 3rd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1983 to 2002.
![Photo of Rep. Robert Borski [D-PA3, 1983-2002]](/static/legislator-photos/400542-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Borski is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2002 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 Borski sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 7, 1997 to Nov 19, 2002. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Borski was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 2362 (107th): Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission Act
- H.R. 4554 (106th): To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1602 Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the “Joseph F. Smith Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 449 (106th): Gateway Visitor Center Authorization Act of 1999
- H.J.Res. 390 (103rd): Designating September 17, 1994, as “Constitution Day”.
- H.R. 5749 (102nd): For the relief of Krishanthi Sava Kopp.
- H.J.Res. 532 (102nd): Designating October 1992 as “Polish-American Heritage Month”.
- H.J.Res. 475 (100th): A joint resolution to designate October 1988 as “Polish American Heritage Month”.
Does 13 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
Borski sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (24%) Economics and Public Finance (13%) Transportation and Public Works (13%) Commerce (13%) Law (11%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (11%) Taxation (8%) Water Resources Development (8%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Borski recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5712 (107th): To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve roadway safety for …
- H.R. 4885 (107th): To suspend temporarily the duty on Thiophanate-Methyl.
- H.R. 4223 (107th): To provide for the elimination of duty on Thiophanate-Methyl.
- H.R. 4222 (107th): To provide for the elimination of duty on TOPSIN.
- H.R. 3166 (107th): Rebuild America: Financing Infrastructure Renewal and Security for Transportation Act of 2001
- H.R. 2737 (107th): Support for Harbor Investment Program Act
- H.R. 2362 (107th): Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1983 to Nov 2002, Borski missed 340 of 10,430 roll call votes, which is 3.3%. This is on par with the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 2002. 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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
