![Photo of Rep. Robert “Rob” Simmons [R-CT2, 2001-2006]](/data/photos/400375-200px.jpeg)
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)
Enacted Legislation
Simmons was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 5160 (109th): Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2006
- H.R. 3963 (109th): To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for Long Island Sound.
- H.R. 182 (107th): Eight Mile River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2001
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 about one third or more 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
Simmons sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (19%) Economics and Public Finance (16%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (12%) Agriculture and Food (12%) Science, Technology, Communications (10%) Law (9%) Health (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Simmons’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6017 (109th): War on Terror Wounded Heroes’ Bill of Rights Act
- H.R. 6018 (109th): To provide temporary duty reductions for certain cotton fabrics, and for other ...
- H.R. 5885 (109th): Eightmile Wild and Scenic River Act
- H.R. 5752 (109th): Mentoring Matches for Youth Act of 2006
- H.Con.Res. 444 (109th): Extending the appreciation of Congress and the Nation to the Department of ...
- H.R. 5160 (109th): Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2006
- H.Res. 768 (109th): Congratulating Geno Auriemma, the University of Connecticut women’s basketball head coach, upon ...
Voting Record
Missed Votes
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.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills