Robert “Rob” Simmons, former Representative for Connecticut's 2nd Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Simmons sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 2006. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Simmons is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Simmons sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (19%) Economics and Public Finance (16%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Agriculture and Food (12%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (12%) Science, Technology, Communications (10%) Law (9%) Health (9%)

Recent Bills

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Voting Record

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From Jan 2001 to Dec 2006, Simmons missed 102 of 3,431 roll call votes, which is 3.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2006. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	34^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	4	3.0%	58^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	1	0.7%	19^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	1	1.3%	32^nd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	7	3.4%	56^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	5	3.5%	57^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	39^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	10	4.2%	69^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	1	0.5%	18^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	4	2.6%	42^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	13	12.5%	88^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	3	1.4%	31^st
2004 Jul-Sep	161	3	1.9%	37^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	2	3.4%	56^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	50^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	19	7.0%	84^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	4	2.7%	59^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	13	8.0%	83^rd
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	2	0.7%	21^st
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	5	18.5%	85^th

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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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