Robert Smith, former Representative for Oregon's 2nd Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Smith 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 1998. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Smith is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Smith sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (16%) Law (14%) Agriculture and Food (14%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Economics and Public Finance (13%) Commerce (10%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) Environmental Protection (8%)

Recent Bills

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1983 to Dec 1998, Smith missed 458 of 6,880 roll call votes, which is 6.7%. This is much worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1998. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	44^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	65	35.7%	97^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	6	4.6%	59^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	0	0.0%	0^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	4	7.5%	59^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	24	10.8%	77^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	24	25.0%	96^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	1	2.8%	30^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	6	5.9%	62^nd
1985 Oct-Dec	148	9	6.1%	67^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	16	26.2%	94^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	1	0.8%	15^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	4	2.0%	39^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	2	3.3%	48^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	11	5.9%	62^nd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	19	11.4%	80^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	3	6.1%	60^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	2	14.3%	83^rd
1989 Apr-Jun	105	3	2.9%	43^rd
1989 Jul-Sep	128	1	0.8%	18^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	1	0.8%	14^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	2	3.3%	58^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	2	1.4%	29^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	1	1.6%	31^st
1991 Apr-Jun	139	2	1.4%	28^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	1	1.2%	13^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	1	0.6%	18^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	2	3.0%	49^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	1	0.5%	12^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	5	2.6%	51^st
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	9	7.1%	87^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	4	2.1%	43^rd
1993 Jul-Sep	164	4	2.4%	61^st
1993 Oct-Nov	134	14	10.4%	94^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	21	22.1%	98^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	43	19.6%	99^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	15	10.6%	89^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	7	13.7%	92^nd
1997 Jan-Mar	71	6	8.5%	87^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	8	4.6%	79^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	8	3.4%	71^st
1997 Oct-Nov	163	36	22.1%	97^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	14	15.7%	93^rd
1998 Apr-Jun	185	20	10.8%	92^nd
1998 Jul-Sep	199	18	9.0%	87^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	9	12.2%	91^st

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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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