![Photo of Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO3, 2005-2012]](/data/photos/400638-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Carnahan 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). Carnahan is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Enacted Legislation
Carnahan was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 5112 (111th): Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act of 2010
- H.R. 5395 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11001 Dunklin Drive in St. Louis, Missouri, as the “William ‘Bill’ Clay Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 1617 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 561 Kingsland Avenue in University City, Missouri, as the “Harriett F. Woods Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 1129 (110th): To provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of an arterial road in St. Louis County, Missouri.
- H.R. 1728 (109th): Ste. Genevieve County National Historic Site Study Act of 2005
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
Carnahan sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Foreign Trade and International Finance (39%) International Affairs (16%) Transportation and Public Works (14%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Energy (7%) Health (7%) Water Resources Development (5%) Armed Forces and National Security (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Carnahan’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6303 (112th): Global Science Program for Security, Competitiveness, and Diplomacy Act of 2012
- H.R. 6255 (112th): Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2012
- H.R. 6254 (112th): Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2012
- H.R. 6188 (112th): Military Family Leave Act of 2012
- H.R. 6099 (112th): SEED Act of 2012
- H.R. 5916 (112th): International Science and Technology Cooperation Act of 2012
- H.R. 5711 (112th): Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act of 2012
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2005 to Jan 2013, Carnahan missed 146 of 6,351 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is on par with the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. ProPublica has tracked 12 explanations for these missed votes. 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