Rep. Stephen Horn

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Horn is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2002 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 Horn sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 7, 1997 to Nov 19, 2002. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Horn was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 4878 (107th): Improper Payments Information Act of 2002
• H.R. 4827 (106th): Enhanced Federal Security Act of 2000
• H.R. 4110 (106th): To amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for fiscal years 2002 through 2005.
• H.R. 4931 (106th): Presidential Transition Act of 2000
• H.R. 2886 (106th): To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an adopted alien who is less than 18 years of age may be considered a child under …
• H.R. 930 (105th): Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998
• H.R. 2977 (105th): Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 1997

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Does 8 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Horn sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (25%) Science, Technology, Communications (15%) Economics and Public Finance (14%) Law (11%) Crime and Law Enforcement (10%) Finance and Financial Sector (9%) Labor and Employment (9%) Commerce (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Horn recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 5215 (107th): Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002
• H.R. 4914 (107th): Center for Commercial Deployment of Transportation Technology Development Authorization Act of 2002
• H.R. 4878 (107th): Improper Payments Information Act of 2002
• H.R. 4792 (107th): To reauthorize funding for the Water Desalination Act of 1996, and for …
• H.R. 4187 (107th): Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2002
• H.R. 3483 (107th): Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Information Sharing Act of 2001
• H.R. 3443 (107th): Fairness to All Vietnam Veterans Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Nov 2002, Horn missed 96 of 5,859 roll call votes, which is 1.6%. This is better than the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 2002. 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.

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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