Everett was the representative for Alabama’s 2nd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1993 to 2008.
![Photo of Rep. Terry Everett [R-AL2, 1993-2008]](/static/legislator-photos/400127-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Everett is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2008 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 Everett sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 7, 2003 to Dec 10, 2008. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Everett was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3458 (104th): Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1996
- H.R. 2064 (104th): To grant the consent of Congress to an amendment of the Historic Chattahoochee Compact between the States of Alabama and Georgia.
- H.R. 2394 (104th): Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1995
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
Everett sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (19%) Finance and Financial Sector (14%) Labor and Employment (14%) Law (11%) Commerce (11%) Agriculture and Food (11%) Environmental Protection (11%) Water Resources Development (11%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Everett recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 2088 (110th): To require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide cost-share payments in support …
- H.R. 1882 (110th): Farm Risk Management Act of 2007
- H.R. 1408 (110th): Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor Study Act
- H.R. 6331 (109th): To amend the environmental quality incentives program of the Department of Agriculture …
- H.R. 5932 (109th): Farm Risk Management Act of 2006
- H.R. 4864 (109th): Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor Study Act
- H.R. 3031 (109th): Corporate Advance Disclosure Act of 2005
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1993 to Dec 2008, Everett missed 440 of 10,170 roll call votes, which is 4.3%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2008. 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
