Alexander was the representative for Louisiana’s 5th congressional district and was most recently a Republican (2004-2013) and previously a Democrat (2003-2004). He served from 2003 to 2013.
![Photo of Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA5, 2003-2013]](/static/legislator-photos/400006-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Alexander is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2014 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 Alexander sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2009 to Dec 11, 2014. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Alexander was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 2792 (113th): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014
- H.R. 3511 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2150 East Hardtner Drive in Urania, Louisiana, as the “Murphy A. Tannehill Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 4284 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service known as the Southpark Station in Alexandria, Louisiana, as the John “Marty” Thiels Southpark Station, in honor …
Does 3 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
Alexander sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (17%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (17%) Armed Forces and National Security (17%) Emergency Management (13%) Economics and Public Finance (9%) Labor and Employment (9%) Water Resources Development (9%) Government Operations and Politics (9%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Alexander recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 2926 (113th): Freedom to Pray Act
- H.R. 2792 (113th): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014
- H.R. 2752 (113th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude seasonal workers …
- H.R. 1989 (113th): To require the Forest Service to accommodate, to the extent consistent with …
- H.R. 1988 (113th): Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2013
- H.R. 759 (113th): Equal Standards in Hiring Americans Act
- H.J.Res. 104 (112th): Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to Temporary …
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Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2003 to Sep 2013, Alexander missed 278 of 8,062 roll call votes, which is 3.4%. This is worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 2013. 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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
