Ronald “Ron” Paul, former Representative for Texas's 14th Congressional District

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Elections and Offices — Jan 3, 2013

Rep. Ronald “Ron” Paul [R-TX14, 1997-2012] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 14th congressional district.

Bill Text — Jan 1, 2013

H.R. 459 (112th): Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2012

This bill’s text for status Placed on Calendar in the Senate (Jan 1, 2013) is now available.

Rep. Ronald “Ron” Paul [R-TX14, 1997-2012] is the sponsor of this bill.

Dates	Title	State / District
1997-2012	Representative	Texas's 14^th District
1979-1984	Representative	Texas's 22^nd District
1975-1976	Representative	Texas's 22^nd District

Dates

Title

State / District

1997-2012

Representative

Texas's 14^th District

1979-1984

Representative

Texas's 22^nd District

1975-1976

Representative

Texas's 22^nd District

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Paul 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 2013. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Paul is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Paul sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (36%) Health (15%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Finance and Financial Sector (12%) Social Welfare (7%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (5%) Transportation and Public Works (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of Paul’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Apr 1976 to Jan 2013, Paul missed 1,886 of 14,497 roll call votes, which is 13.0%. This is much worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1976 Apr-Jun	246	21	8.5%	38^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	10	3.6%	31^st
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	38^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	6	2.7%	25^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	2	1.0%	21^st
1979 Oct-Dec	190	7	3.7%	17^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	6	4.1%	21^st
1980 Apr-Jun	197	3	1.5%	13^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	10	5.2%	46^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	6	9.0%	46^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	3	3.3%	18^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	1	0.9%	15^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	31	21.8%	94^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	2	1.7%	29^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	8	4.1%	41^st
1982 Oct-Dec	99	7	7.1%	53^rd
1983 Jan-Mar	43	2	4.7%	33^rd
1983 Apr-Jun	182	18	9.9%	67^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	9	6.9%	67^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	72	50.3%	98^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	39	73.6%	98^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	93	41.7%	96^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	12	12.5%	80^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	14	38.9%	96^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	1	0.6%	17^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	2	1.2%	31^st
1998 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	34^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	4	2.0%	47^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	2	2.7%	58^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	2	2.6%	53^rd
1999 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	16^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	5	2.5%	67^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	5	3.4%	63^rd
2000 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	53^rd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	3	1.1%	32^nd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	16	12.3%	93^rd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	17	16.8%	84^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	40^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	4	3.0%	61^st
2001 Jul-Sep	149	26	17.4%	99^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	1	1.3%	34^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	4	2.0%	43^rd
2002 Jul-Sep	141	8	5.7%	73^rd
2002 Oct-Nov	61	3	4.9%	68^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	32	13.4%	97^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	9	4.7%	76^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	13	8.6%	84^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	1	1.0%	19^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	8	3.6%	62^nd
2004 Jul-Sep	161	32	19.9%	96^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	34	58.6%	99^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	38^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	6	2.2%	57^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	16	11.0%	92^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	12	7.4%	84^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	21	7.6%	92^nd
2006 Jul-Sep	159	7	4.4%	77^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	20	74.1%	99^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	20	9.4%	94^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	90	22.9%	98^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	74	23.3%	98^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	158	60.1%	100^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	25	16.8%	94^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	68	21.2%	98^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	25	12.2%	94^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	3	1.7%	43^rd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	20	6.6%	84^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	50	18.7%	99^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	16	6.5%	81^st
2010 Jan-Mar	195	13	6.7%	79^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	20	9.1%	89^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	22^nd
2010 Nov-Dec	99	10	10.1%	81^st
2011 Jan-Mar	212	51	24.1%	98^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	38	13.5%	95^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	47	19.0%	99^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	145	69.7%	99^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	136	90.1%	100^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	136	45.5%	99^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	13	8.6%	87^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	15	29.4%	94^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	5	100.0%	99^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
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
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

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Elections and Offices — Jan 3, 2013

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Vote — Jan 1, 2013 7:10 p.m.

Vote — Jan 1, 2013 7:02 p.m.

Vote — Jan 1, 2013 6:54 p.m.

Bill Text — Jan 1, 2013

Vote — Dec 31, 2012 6:22 p.m.

Vote — Dec 31, 2012 6:12 p.m.

Vote — Dec 31, 2012 6:05 p.m.

Rep. Ronald “Ron” Paul [R]

Sponsorship Analysis

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Primary Sources